Asifa Nawaz, Ume Sughra, Sultana Kausar, Maryam Firdous, Maheen Akbar.
Barriers Towards Cataract Surgery among patients Visiting Tertiary Eye Care Hospital, Rawalpindi.
Al-Shifa J Ophthalmol Jan ;16(1):17-21.

This study evaluated the barriers towards cataract surgery among patients visiting the Out Patient Department of a tertiary eye care hospital of Rawalpindi. Three hundreds and forty patients were interviewed by consecutive non-random sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used with informed consent to collect the data. Major barriers reported in the study were non-availability of eye hospital, unwariness of cost effective treatment of cataract, fear of surgery, lack of knowledge about eye hospital in public/private sector and difficulty to visit an eye hospital.

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