Maryam Bacha, Sadaf Qayyum, Ume Sughra, Nimra Gul, Shakeela Abbas.
Quality of Life in Cataract patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Eye Hospital.
Al-Shifa J Ophthalmol Jan ;17(2):64-70.

Background: Visual impairment caused by cataract is the major cause of treatable blindness. According to the WHO prevalence of cataract is 47.9% worldwide. Quality of life is greatly affected by cataract. Quality of life means the individuals` perception of his place in life according to the contexts of culture and values, a concept often affected by individuals psychological and physical state and social relations. Objectives: The main objectives of the study were to access the quality of life of individuals before and after cataract and to find the association of quality of life with their socioeconomic factors. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Al-Shifa trust eye hospital Rawalpindi from October 2020 to February 2021. Technique used for the study was convenient sampling and sample size was 206. Structured questionnaire was used with verbal consent form to collect data. Results: 31.6% males shows poor general health as compared to females, p-value=0.000. Illiterate patients shows high difficulties with activities 31.7% p-value=0.000. People from urban areas have more difficulties in daily life activities 33.7% having p-value 0.0004. Non-working shows poor responses to vision 42.7% pvalue=0.000. All these shows significant results while all other categories show insignificant result. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that cataract affects quality of life and cataract is still the major cause of blindness and many people are unaware of it. It should be treated on time before it causes blindness. Illiterates are more affected. Education is important and awareness about cataract.

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