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Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia

ABSTRACT O%)9t FT  
Purpose: To quantify the prevalence of cataract, the outcomes yNT2kB'  
of cataract surgery and the factors related to T,IV)aq  
unoperated cataract in Australia. -s)2b ;  
Methods: Participants were recruited from the Visual ,U tw!]  
Impairment Project: a cluster, stratified sample of more than .*f;v4!  
5000 Victorians aged 40 years and over. At examination C= m Y  
sites interviews, clinical examinations and lens photography K;97/"  
were performed. Cataract was defined in participants who *.+> ur?t  
had: had previous cataract surgery, cortical cataract greater %F4Q|  
than 4/16, nuclear greater than Wilmer standard 2, or FvNO*'xP  
posterior subcapsular greater than 1 mm2. I/> IB   
Results: The participant group comprised 3271 Melbourne (gf\VYM-7  
residents, 403 Melbourne nursing home residents and 1473 ?dmMGm0T9  
rural residents.The weighted rate of any cataract in Victoria I[`2MKh  
was 21.5%. The overall weighted rate of prior cataract IL=v[)en4  
surgery was 3.79%. Two hundred and forty-nine eyes had xWwPrd  
had prior cataract surgery. Of these 249 procedures, 49 2at?9{b  
(20%) were aphakic, 6 (2.4%) had anterior chamber {x4[Bx1  
intraocular lenses and 194 (78%) had posterior chamber VoyH:  
intraocular lenses.Two hundred and eleven of these operated vX/A9Qi,U.  
eyes (85%) had best-corrected visual acuity of 6/12 or ygW@[^g  
better, the legal requirement for a driver’s license.Twentyseven q5!l(QL.  
(11%) had visual acuity of less than 6/18 (moderate F^NR qE  
vision impairment). Complications of cataract surgery Fp6Y Y  
caused reduced vision in four of the 27 eyes (15%), or 1.9% &0eB@8{N  
of operated eyes. Three of these four eyes had undergone ?|7+cz$g  
intracapsular cataract extraction and the fourth eye had an 5>@uEebkv]  
opaque posterior capsule. No one had bilateral vision  b:QFD|  
impairment as a result of cataract surgery. Surprisingly, no UjDF  
particular demographic factors (such as age, gender, rural sBb.Y k  
residence, occupation, employment status, health insurance DqMK[N,0  
status, ethnicity) were related to the presence of unoperated @Y<tH,*  
cataract. tv OAN|+F  
Conclusions: Although the overall prevalence of cataract is .lBY"W&{  
quite high, no particular subgroup is systematically underserviced v|I5Gz$qpa  
in terms of cataract surgery. Overall, the results of bVeTseAG  
cataract surgery are very good, with the majority of eyes &&}5>kg>d  
achieving driving vision following cataract extraction. @,4%8E5  
Key words: cataract extraction, health planning, health !"J#,e|  
services accessibility, prevalence i"]8Zw_D  
INTRODUCTION Dw=Z_+J  
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide and, in '98h<(@]  
Australia, cataract extractions account for the majority of all ~Ex.Yp8.  
ophthalmic procedures.1 Over the period 1985–94, the rate +q j*P9  
of cataract surgery in Australia was twice as high as would be 1 j12Qn@]  
expected from the growth in the elderly population.1 bjBeiKH  
Although there have been a number of studies reporting paNw5] -  
the prevalence of cataract in various populations,2–6 there is %W4aKb?BT  
little information about determinants of cataract surgery in `f+8WPJPZ  
the population. A previous survey of Australian ophthalmologists  .W :  
showed that patient concern and lifestyle, rather cvUut^CdK  
than visual acuity itself, are the primary factors for referral @ 9 { %Kn  
for cataract surgery.7 This supports prior research which has l-S'ATZ0p  
shown that visual acuity is not a strong predictor of need for Ok>(>K<r  
cataract surgery.8,9 Elsewhere, socioeconomic status has l^!A  
been shown to be related to cataract surgery rates.10 nF<y7XkO  
To appropriately plan health care services, information is lP*  
needed about the prevalence of age-related cataract in the >4/L-y+  
community as well as the factors associated with cataract 9c6GYWIFt&  
surgery. The purpose of this study is to quantify the prevalence V(2,\+t  
of any cataract in Australia, to describe the factors F@ $RV_M  
related to unoperated cataract in the community and to qo6LC>Qg  
describe the visual outcomes of cataract surgery. n#>.\F  
METHODS eOehgU5x  
Study population abo>_"9-  
Details about the study methodology for the Visual :4 j a@~  
Impairment Project have been published previously.11 "J pTE \/  
Briefly, cluster sampling within three strata was employed to -R&E,X7N  
recruit subjects aged 40 years and over to participate. A U)1vx(\w  
Within the Melbourne Statistical Division, nine pairs of G #e9$!  
census collector districts were randomly selected. Fourteen 9q1HSJ1)  
nursing homes within a 5 km radius of these nine test sites Q1`<fD  
were randomly chosen to recruit nursing home residents. ;%u_ ; ,((  
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (2000) 28, 77–82 #2Pr Gz]  
Original Article nn@^K6  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia K`QOU-M@}  
Catherine A McCarty PhD, MPH, Mukesh B Nanjan PhD, Hugh R Taylor MD R9Sf!LR  
Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ietRr!$.  
n Correspondence: Dr Cathy McCarty MPH, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, 32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, A%Bgp?B  
Victoria 3002, Australia. Email: cathy@cera.unimelb.edu.au 0R HS]cN  
78 McCarty et al. K(nS$x1 G  
Finally, four pairs of census collector districts in four rural O^9CV*]!n  
Victorian communities were randomly selected to recruit rural 5Vp;dc  
residents. A household census was conducted to identify T'ED$}N>~  
eligible residents aged 40 years and over who had been a 3 p/b  
resident at that address for at least 6 months. At the time of \  Md 3  
the household census, basic information about age, sex, $hkq>i \  
country of birth, language spoken at home, education, use of >Z+"`"^o}  
corrective spectacles and use of eye care services was collected. 'yp>L|  
Eligible residents were then invited to attend a local eV"!/A2:N5  
examination site for a more detailed interview and examination. yND"bF9  
The study protocol was approved by the Royal Victorian I2f?xJ2/Z  
Eye and Ear Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee. E {tx/$f  
Assessment of cataract :e*D TVv8  
A standardized ophthalmic examination was performed after I @ 2uF-  
pupil dilatation with one drop of 10% phenylephrine &&=[ Ivv  
hydrochloride. Lens opacities were graded clinically at the t\h$&[[l'z  
time of the examination and subsequently from photos using ^ eQFg>  
the Wilmer cataract photo-grading system.12 Cortical and /;?M?o"H  
posterior subcapsular (PSC) opacities were assessed on 1y J5l,q  
retroillumination and measured as the proportion (in 1/16) 7A5p["?Z  
of pupil circumference occupied by opacity. For this analysis, 7kKuZW@K-  
cortical cataract was defined as 4/16 or greater opacity, /F.Wigv  
PSC cataract was defined as opacity equal to or greater than ohUdGO[/  
1 mm2 and nuclear cataract was defined as opacity equal to !/`$AXO  
or greater than Wilmer standard 2,12 independent of visual rcV-_+KE(B  
acuity. Examples of the minimum opacities defined as cortical, v2Bzx/F :  
nuclear and PSC cataract are presented in Figure 1. 98R KCc9h  
Bilateral congenital cataracts or cataracts secondary to F]UQuOR)  
intraocular inflammation or trauma were excluded from the #]CFA9 z  
analysis. Two cases of bilateral secondary cataract and eight ]mQw,S)/"  
cases of bilateral congenital cataract were excluded from the =<c#owe:m  
analyses. `:e U.  
A Topcon® SL5 photo slit-lamp (Topcon America Corp., {`(>O"_[Q  
Paramus, NJ, USA) with a 0.1 mm slit beam of 9.0 mm in {ox2Tg?  
height set to an incident angle of 30° was used for examinations. TX}T|ri  
Ektachrome® 200 ASA colour slide film (Eastman "9IYB)Js  
Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA) was used to photograph D-2.fjo9!  
the nuclear opacities. The cortical opacities were ~gE:-  
photographed with an Oxford® retroillumination camera J NVr  
(Marcher Enterprises Ltd, Hereford, UK) and T-MAX® 400 ]0c+/ \b&  
film (Eastman Kodak). Photographs were graded separately 'm3t|:nMU  
by two research assistants and discrepancies were adjudicated 0p(L'  
by an independent reviewer. Any discrepancies ]5 Qy  
between the clinical grades and the photograph grades were 8j5<6Cv_  
resolved. Except in cases where photographs were missing, vAb^]d   
the photograph grades were used in the analyses. Photograph cc}Key@D  
grades were available for 4301 (84%) for cortical :kMHRm@{  
cataract, 4147 (81%) for nuclear cataract and 4303 (84%) GOT1@.Y  
for PSC cataract. Cataract status was classified according to :~F:/5  
the severity of the opacity in the worse eye. izgp*M,  
Assessment of risk factors h.eM RdlO  
A standardized questionnaire was used to obtain information 5|QzU|gPn  
about education, employment and ethnic background.11 NGC,lv  
Specific information was elicited on the occurrence, duration 8uNULob  
and treatment of a number of medical conditions, 6$U]9D  
including ocular trauma, arthritis, diabetes, gout, hypertension |re}6#TgcT  
and mental illness. Information about the use, dose and @"-</x3o  
duration of tobacco, alcohol, analgesics and steriods were DdQ;Q5|  
collected, and a food frequency questionnaire was used to uhyj5u)  
determine current consumption of dietary sources of antioxidants NLS"eD m  
and use of vitamin supplements. \Ig68dFf%  
Data management and statistical analysis bmgncwlz  
Data were collected either by direct computer entry with a K6/@]y%Wr  
questionnaire programmed in Paradox© (Carel Corporation, Vj<:GRNQ,d  
Ottawa, Canada) with internal consistency checks, or b -ll  
on self-coding forms. Open-ended responses were coded at 6!x&LoM  
a later time. Data that were entered on the self-coded forms Snp|!e  
were entered into a computer with double data entry and aj8A8ma*}  
reconciliation of any inconsistencies. Data range and consistency ,.iRnR  
checks were performed on the entire data set. @NhvnfZ  
SAS© version 6.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina) was o#) {1<0vg  
employed for statistical analyses. De7T s  
Ninety-five per cent confidence limits around the agespecific *B`Zq)   
rates were calculated according to Cochran13 to j',W 64  
account for the effect of the cluster sampling. Ninety-five lC:k7<0Ji  
per cent confidence limits around age-standardized rates E_Z{6&r  
were calculated according to Breslow and Day.14 The strataspecific T134ZXqqz  
data were weighted according to the 1996 4BnSqwa_  
Australian Bureau of Statistics census data15 to reflect the QaUm1 i#  
cataract prevalence in the entire Victorian population. SJD@&m%?[  
Univariate analyses with Student’s t-tests and chi-squared P96pm6H_;  
tests were first employed to evaluate risk factors for unoperated J+rCxn?;g  
cataract. Any factors with P < 0.10 were then fitted "$s~SIUB  
into a backwards stepwise logistic regression model. For the mF` B#  
Figure 1. Minimum levels of cortical (a), nuclear (b), and posterior subcapsular (c) cataract. ;^t{Il'j  
final multivariate models, P < 0.05 was considered statistically ::_i@r  
significant. Design effect was assessed through the use 6'\6OsH  
of cluster-specific models and multivariate models. The hW{j\@R  
design effect was assumed to be additive and an adjustment U qG .:@T  
made in the variance by adding the variance associated with Gt9&)/#  
the design effect prior to constructing the 95% confidence 2WUT/{:X  
limits. xsWur(>]  
RESULTS v<Bynd-  
Study population f~ }H  
A total of 3271 (83%) of the Melbourne residents, 403 =zwOq(Bh W  
(90%) Melbourne nursing home residents, and 1473 (92%) % ,+leKs  
rural residents participated. In general, non-participants did f/CuE%7BR  
not differ from participants.16 The study population was J\ e+}{  
representative of the Victorian population and Australia as R8.CC1Ix  
a whole. '\jd#Kn'h  
The Melbourne residents ranged in age from 40 to as J)4ema  
98 years (mean = 59) and 1511 (46%) were male. The KK@.~'d  
Melbourne nursing home residents ranged in age from 46 to uZ;D!2Q a  
101 years (mean = 82) and 85 (21%) were men. The rural fGmT_C0t  
residents ranged in age from 40 to 103 years (mean = 60) EbqcV\Kb  
and 701 (47.5%) were men. >I=2!C 1w  
Prevalence of cataract and prior cataract surgery CKA ;.sh  
As would be expected, the rate of any cataract increases 8 i?l02  
dramatically with age (Table 1). The weighted rate of any jsNF#yE>  
cataract in Victoria was 21.5% (95% CL 18.1, 24.9). PfkrOsV/m  
Although the rates varied somewhat between the three {[+2n]f_G  
strata, they were not significantly different as the 95% confidence TRsE %  
limits overlapped. The per cent of cataractous eyes dx ;k`r$w  
with best-corrected visual acuity of less than 6/12 was 12.5% a ^%"7Ri  
(65/520) for cortical cataract, 18% for nuclear cataract s|D>-  
(97/534) and 14.4% (27/187) for PSC cataract. Cataract .Lfo)?zG  
surgery also rose dramatically with age. The overall ['ksP-=  
weighted rate of prior cataract surgery in Victoria was >2By +/!X  
3.79% (95% CL 2.97, 4.60) (Table 2). t=xOQ 8  
Risk factors for unoperated cataract &d'Awvy0  
Cases of cataract that had not been removed were classified hHDOWHWE  
as unoperated cataract. Risk factor analyses for unoperated /EG~sRvl}  
cataract were not performed with the nursing home residents e)?Fi  
as information about risk factor exposure was not ! Kv@\4  
available for this cohort. The following factors were assessed )Z %T27r,^  
in relation to unoperated cataract: age, sex, residence H OBP`lf  
(urban/rural), language spoken at home (a measure of ethnic w4fW<ISg  
integration), country of birth, parents’ country of birth (a not YeY7wR  
measure of ethnicity), years since migration, education, use \cCV6A[  
of ophthalmic services, use of optometric services, private 8| $3OVS  
health insurance status, duration of distance glasses use, r#6_]ep}<'  
glaucoma, age-related maculopathy and employment status. &hk-1y9QS  
In this cross sectional study it was not possible to assess the $U/YR&vcw  
level of visual acuity that would predict a patient’s having pD&& l!i&[  
cataract surgery, as visual acuity data prior to cataract YTw#J OO  
surgery were not available. P bQk<"J1  
The significant risk factors for unoperated cataract in univariate >fIk;6<{  
analyses were related to: whether a participant had J "FC%\|  
ever seen an optometrist, seen an ophthalmologist or been b pv= %  
diagnosed with glaucoma; and participants’ employment =H|6 GJ  
status (currently employed) and age. These significant &  =/  
factors were placed in a backwards stepwise logistic regression J6jwBo2m  
model. The factors that remained significantly related $u/E\l  
to unoperated cataract were whether participants had ever w eQYQrN  
seen an ophthalmologist, seen an optometrist and been CwX Z  
diagnosed with glaucoma. None of the demographic factors 'u` .P: u?  
were associated with unoperated cataract in the multivariate 'L{8@gq i  
model. N&[D>G]>v  
The per cent of participants with unoperated cataract nQ GQWg`  
who said that they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with Sc7U |s  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia 79 &[hLzlrg  
Table 1. Prevalence of any cataracta (excluding previous cataract surgery) by age, gender and cohort v<fnB  
Age group Sex Urban Rural Nursing home Weighted total !yhh8p3  
(years) (%) (%) (%) K6ol YG>  
40–49 Male 2.56 4.04 0.00 3.00 (1.91, 4.08) [V 8{b{  
Female 2.61 1.70 0.00 2.36 (1.61, 3.10) 2[gFkyqe  
50–59 Male 7.69 6.94 0.00 7.47 (5.80, 9.15) 4Bl{WyMJ|  
Female 6.67 7.56 0.00 6.92 (5.60, 8.24) RyRpl*^  
60–69 Male 20.7 25.0 10.0 22.0 (18.1, 26.0) )Af~B'OUd  
Female 27.9 35.7 37.5 30.3 (26.0, 34.7) !p1qJ [  
70–79 Male 43.1 58.7 39.1 48.1 (41.2, 55.1) FEo269Ur  
Female 58.6 66.2 55.6 61.0 (56.0, 65.9) F_bF  
80–89 Male 74.0 89.3 92.0 79.3 (72.3, 86.3) ]QuM<ms  
Female 91.9 97.0 80.2 92.6 (86.4, 98.8) TO-$B8*nq  
90 + Male 100.0 100.0 75.0 98.8 (96.2, 100.0) nhN);R~o"1  
Female 100.0 100.0 93.8 98.6 (97.0, 100.0) DD44"w_9  
Age-standardized phE &7*!Q  
(95% CL) Combined 19.7 (16.3, 23.1) 23.2 (16.1, 30.2) 16.5 (2.06, 30.9) 21.5 (18.1, 25.0) 2r%lA\,h$  
aCortical > 4/16, nuclear > standard 2, posterior subcapsular > 1 mm2 ejA%%5q  
their current vision was 30% (290/683), compared with 27% xm6EKp:  
(26/95) of participants with prior cataract surgery (chisquared, QORN9SY  
1 d.f. = 0.25, P = 0.62). `HuCT6O  
Outcomes of cataract surgery H_?o-L?+  
Two hundred and forty-nine eyes had undergone prior +ht| N[ P  
cataract surgery. Of these 249 operated eyes, 49 (20%) were sK=0Np=`  
left aphakic, 6 (2.4%) had anterior chamber intraocular 2Dd|~{%  
lenses and 194 (78%) had posterior chamber intraocular b~BIz95   
lenses. The rate of capsulotomy in the eyes with intact dSCzx .c  
posterior capsules was 36% (73/202). Fifteen per cent of T}3v(6ew4  
eyes (17/114) with a clear posterior capsule had bestcorrected {iG@U=>  
visual acuity of less than 6/12 compared with 43% O@iu aeEW  
of eyes (6/14) with opaque capsules, and 15% of eyes kbPE "urR  
(11/73) with prior capsulotomies (chi-squared, 2 d.f. = 7.21, r ]>\~&?^F  
P = 0.027). :SV>+EDY   
The percentage of eyes with best-corrected visual acuity b6E<r>q  
of 6/12 or better was 96% (302/314) for eyes without { BEo &  
cataract, 88% (1417/1609) for eyes with prevalent cataract A>VX*xd  
and 85% (211/249) for eyes with operated cataract (chisquared, d1joVUYE  
2 d.f. = 22.3), P < 0.001). Twenty-seven of the :D7|%KK  
operated eyes (11%) had visual acuities of less than 6/18 Z2"? &pKV  
(moderate vision impairment) (Fig. 2). A cause of this /=?ETth @  
moderate visual impairment (but not the only cause) in four /+e~E;3bO  
(15%) eyes was secondary to cataract surgery. Three of these wY"o`o Z  
four eyes had undergone intracapsular cataract extraction AOrHU M[I  
and the fourth eye had an opaque posterior capsule. No one ^Y{D^\} ,  
had bilateral vision impairment as a result of their cataract ^zEE6i  
surgery. 0|D&"/.R#!  
DISCUSSION s=Q(C[%I  
To our knowledge, this is the first paper to systematically CVXytS?@x  
assess the prevalence of current cataract, previous cataract =l<iI*J. M  
surgery, predictors of unoperated cataract and the outcomes _{~] /k  
of cataract surgery in a population-based sample. The Visual pUl8{YGS  
Impairment Project is unique in that the sampling frame and +\#Fd  
high response rate have ensured that the study population is Eaad,VBtU  
representative of Australians aged 40 years and over. Therefore, }%{MPqg  
these data can be used to plan age-related cataract ^;F{)bmu+)  
services throughout Australia. .]Mn^2#j  
We found the rate of any cataract in those over the age 2k#t .-  
of 40 years to be 22%. Although relatively high, this rate is "Mmf6hu  
significantly less than was reported in a number of previous VanB>|p6  
studies,2,4,6 with the exception of the Casteldaccia Eye #f'DEo<b  
Study.5 However, it is difficult to compare rates of cataract jJwkuh8R  
between studies because of different methodologies and |sgXh9%x<  
cataract definitions employed in the various studies, as well ! d9AG|  
as the different age structures of the study populations. IPA*-I57  
Other studies have used less conservative definitions of ;_<)JqUh  
cataract, thus leading to higher rates of cataract as defined. ^&c$[~W  
In most large epidemiologic studies of cataract, visual acuity Tvf~P w  
has not been included in the definition of cataract. ~tm0QrJn/  
Therefore, the prevalence of cataract may not reflect the {,O`rW_eS  
actual need for cataract surgery in the community. i~qfGl p6)  
80 McCarty et al. lWy=)^)4  
Table 2. Prevalence of previous cataract by age, gender and cohort xQt 3[(Z  
Age group Gender Urban Rural Nursing home Weighted total ]@xL=%   
(years) (%) (%) (%) 6 o[/F3`  
40–49 Male 1.14 0.00 0.00 0.80 (0.00, 1.81) }WP-W  
Female 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ( &+nRIv S_`  
50–59 Male 0.68 0.58 0.00 0.65 (0.13, 1.17) +p/1x'J  
Female 0.57 0.00 0.00 0.41 (0.00, 1.00) VTh$a_P>  
60–69 Male 2.12 7.59 0.00 3.80 (1.41, 6.19) "zV']A>4H  
Female 2.11 3.51 0.00 2.54 (1.81, 3.26) ^GXEJU 7U  
70–79 Male 8.22 9.85 8.70 8.75 (6.38, 11.1) IKf`[_,t]  
Female 7.21 7.86 7.02 7.41 (5.36, 9.46) RLKj u;u  
80–89 Male 25.0 30.0 14.3 26.2 (17.0, 35.4) oK-!(1A-  
Female 27.9 25.6 18.3 26.7 (20.2, 33.3) , Fytk34  
90 + Male 0.00 16.7 66.7 9.19 (0.00, 21.5) #w~0uCzQ@  
Female 58.3 100.0 26.9 63.1 (44.4, 81.8) UxPGv;F  
Age-standardized M4<+%EV}  
(95% CL) Combined 3.31 (2.70, 3.93) 4.36 (2.67, 6.06) 2.26 (0.82, 3.70) 3.79 (2.97, 4.60) Kd{#r/HZ  
Figure 2. Visual acuity in eyes that had undergone cataract _5\AS+[x  
surgery, n = 249. h, Presenting; j, best-corrected. VJ1* |r,  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia 81 FP;": iRL  
The weighted prevalence of prior cataract surgery in the p5SX1PPQ  
Visual Impairment Project (3.6%) was similar to the crude Dt {')  
rate in the Beaver Dam Eye Study4 (3.1%), but less than the ;nf&c;D  
crude rate in the Blue Mountains Eye Study6 (6.0%). ^('cbl  
However, the age-standardized rate in the Blue Mountains ^-L{/'[8M  
Eye Study (standardized to the age distribution of the urban }1rvM4{/+f  
Visual Impairment Project cohort) was found to be less than [#X|+M&u6  
the Visual Impairment Project (standardized rate = 1.36%, "8t\MKt(  
95% CL 1.25, 1.47). The incidence of cataract surgery in B "n`|; r5  
Australia has exceeded population growth.1 This is due, o_:Qk;t  
perhaps, to advances in surgical techniques and lens {h ^c  
implants that have changed the risk–benefit ratio. QE6El'S  
The Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable foyB{6q8  
Blindness, sponsored by the World Health Organization, 3B"7VBK{  
states that cataract surgical services should be provided that HwW6tQ  
‘have a high success rate in terms of visual outcome and `G0*l|m>  
improved quality of life’,17 although the ‘high success rate’ is K!7q!%Ju  
not defined. Population- and clinic-based studies conducted 5h(jeT8"  
in the United States have demonstrated marked improvement x.G"D(  
in visual acuity following cataract surgery.18–20 We ULTNhq R*n  
found that 85% of eyes that had undergone cataract extraction eRVY.E<  
had visual acuity of 6/12 or better. Previously, we have wEK%T P4  
shown that participants with prevalent cataract in this aYBTrOdz  
cohort are more likely to express dissatisfaction with their O$(c. (_$  
current vision than participants without cataract or participants ,M{Q}:$+4  
with prior cataract surgery.21 In a national study in the @4&, #xo  
United States, researchers found that the change in patients’ ~ ;XYwQ"  
ratings of their vision difficulties and satisfaction with their !3QRzkJX~  
vision after cataract surgery were more highly related to /Bm#`?(ia  
their change in visual functioning score than to their change Kc-4W6?$  
in visual acuity.19 Furthermore, improvement in visual function kI<Wvgo L  
has been shown to be associated with improvement in To">DOt  
overall quality of life.22 UIz:=DJ  
A recent review found that the incidence of visually $(XgKq&xWZ  
significant posterior capsule opacification following {GK(fBE  
cataract surgery to be greater than 25%.23 We found 36% ,y{0bq9*2  
capsulotomy in our population and that this was associated k=ts&9\  
with visual acuity similar to that of eyes with a clear ">4PePt.n  
capsule, but significantly better than that of eyes with an fqN75['n  
opaque capsule. JxnuGkE0[#  
A number of studies have shown that the demand and (Hl8U  
timing of cataract surgery vary according to visual acuity, Q%I#{+OT  
degree of handicap and socioeconomic factors.8–10,24,25 We \hrrPPD1z  
have also shown previously that ophthalmologists are more MSK'2+1T@g  
likely to refer a patient for cataract surgery if the patient is kq>GMUl~@  
employed and less likely to refer a nursing home resident.7 }'DC Q  
In the Visual Impairment Project, we did not find that any Ri; =aZ5m  
particular subgroup of the population was at greater risk of %v_IX2'  
having unoperated cataract. Universal access to health care |PI)A`  
in Australia may explain the fact that people without B>sCP"/uV  
Medicare are more likely to delay cataract operations in the O@nqHZ  
USA,8 but not having private health insurance is not associated OI*ZVD)J  
with unoperated cataract in Australia. 1;aF5~&  
In summary, cataract is a significant public health problem R!@|6=]iG  
in that one in four people in their 80s will have had cataract w2 /* `YO  
surgery. The importance of age-related cataract surgery will |MR%{ZC^i  
increase further with the ageing of the population: the E2Us#a  
number of people over age 60 years is expected to double in Cy<T Vk8  
the next 20 years. Cataract surgery services are well m dC`W&r  
accessed by the Victorian population and the visual outcomes n"mJEkHE  
of cataract surgery have been shown to be very good. w~4 z@/^"p  
These data can be used to plan for age-related cataract 1$);V,DK!  
surgical services in Australia in the future as the need for UHr {  
cataract extractions increases. zwMQXI'k83  
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tB GkRd!  
The Visual Impairment Project was funded in part by grants ^CfM|L8>  
from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, the XI]OA7Zis  
National Health and Medical Research Council, the Ansell D}mo\  
Ophthalmology Foundation, the Dorothy Edols Estate and 7X(rLd 6#  
the Jack Brockhoff Foundation. Dr McCarty is the recipient 2IK xh  
of a Wagstaff Fellowship in Ophthalmology from the Royal `oB'(  
Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. ? UxG/]",  
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