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| Senile Cataract Survey around Gezira State, Sudan: Case Study Al Shikh El Siem Hospital |
Dr. Khansa Omer Edrees Ahmed
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Abstract:
Introduction: Senile cataract is a darkening in the lens of the eye it causes a weakness in consideration and lead to blindness. This study is conducted because senile cataract disease is one of the most common eye especially in elderly. Also to raise awareness about senile cataract, to create database on cataract disease and assist decision - maker in develop policies to reduce the disease. Objectives: To estimate the level of senile cataract disease in Gezira state and determine the ,socioeconomic and cultural factors that cause senile cataract in Gezira state. Methods: The study sample size is 800 respondent, 382 male and 418 female in Al Shikh El siem Hospital by Stratified Random Sampling method , data were collected by a questionnaire to patients' reporting to the hospital clinic and analyzed using SPSS program .The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The descriptive statistics have shown that 51.5% of respondents have senile cataract and 48.5% of respondents don’t have, senile cataract. The cross tabulation showed that most of the variables are significantly associated with The senile cataract disease such as (educational level, monthly income) the result also have shown that there other factors related to senile cataract such as (age, diabetics, Smoking, medicines, indicators related to the vision). Age is the most leading cause of senile cataracts (age increase the incidence of senile cataract by 26 times) .The respondents with diabetics increase the incidence of senile cataract by (10) times compared, to other respondents. Recommendations: The study recommended that Vision examination and follow-up are essential , especially for people with diabetes and Glaucoma .senile cataract is one of the disease that require a wornness . the ministry of health should make period campaign for a wornness about senile cataract.
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