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Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia

ABSTRACT z|N*Gs>,  
Purpose: To quantify the prevalence of cataract, the outcomes \Xg`@JrTM  
of cataract surgery and the factors related to /.m}y$@GV  
unoperated cataract in Australia. h56s~(?O  
Methods: Participants were recruited from the Visual |Fzt| \  
Impairment Project: a cluster, stratified sample of more than 3WY:Fn+#  
5000 Victorians aged 40 years and over. At examination 8EZ,hY^  
sites interviews, clinical examinations and lens photography Ea N^<  
were performed. Cataract was defined in participants who z~yLc{M  
had: had previous cataract surgery, cortical cataract greater C3 (PI,,  
than 4/16, nuclear greater than Wilmer standard 2, or `qr.@0whP  
posterior subcapsular greater than 1 mm2. %lN4"jtx  
Results: The participant group comprised 3271 Melbourne ;+VHi%5Z  
residents, 403 Melbourne nursing home residents and 1473 m\J" P'=  
rural residents.The weighted rate of any cataract in Victoria HlX2:\\  
was 21.5%. The overall weighted rate of prior cataract H?dEgubg7]  
surgery was 3.79%. Two hundred and forty-nine eyes had [E/^bM+  
had prior cataract surgery. Of these 249 procedures, 49 \AB*C_Ri  
(20%) were aphakic, 6 (2.4%) had anterior chamber e\i}@]  
intraocular lenses and 194 (78%) had posterior chamber ;i;;{j@$i  
intraocular lenses.Two hundred and eleven of these operated *", BP]]  
eyes (85%) had best-corrected visual acuity of 6/12 or )]m_ L$9  
better, the legal requirement for a driver’s license.Twentyseven B7BikxUa  
(11%) had visual acuity of less than 6/18 (moderate ? 1b*9G%i  
vision impairment). Complications of cataract surgery ,DWC=:@X  
caused reduced vision in four of the 27 eyes (15%), or 1.9% <<9Y=%C+  
of operated eyes. Three of these four eyes had undergone OL$^7F B  
intracapsular cataract extraction and the fourth eye had an =J&aN1Hgt  
opaque posterior capsule. No one had bilateral vision Jl^THoEL  
impairment as a result of cataract surgery. Surprisingly, no {_*$X  
particular demographic factors (such as age, gender, rural Z~Z+Yt;,9a  
residence, occupation, employment status, health insurance v_ W03\  
status, ethnicity) were related to the presence of unoperated p` LPO  
cataract. ^,;8ra*h  
Conclusions: Although the overall prevalence of cataract is z6J fu:_N!  
quite high, no particular subgroup is systematically underserviced X~Vr}  
in terms of cataract surgery. Overall, the results of fTc ,"{  
cataract surgery are very good, with the majority of eyes vdN0YCXG  
achieving driving vision following cataract extraction. ]&/KAk  
Key words: cataract extraction, health planning, health ,\ RxKSU  
services accessibility, prevalence ec` $2u  
INTRODUCTION HR83{B21  
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide and, in O6pL )6d  
Australia, cataract extractions account for the majority of all juuV3et  
ophthalmic procedures.1 Over the period 1985–94, the rate (e;9 ,~u)  
of cataract surgery in Australia was twice as high as would be 6|D,`dk3U  
expected from the growth in the elderly population.1 b(~ gQM  
Although there have been a number of studies reporting kDG'5X;+  
the prevalence of cataract in various populations,2–6 there is 7+I2" Hy  
little information about determinants of cataract surgery in wB;'+d&  
the population. A previous survey of Australian ophthalmologists 5Y8/ZW~D0  
showed that patient concern and lifestyle, rather uvrfR?%QK  
than visual acuity itself, are the primary factors for referral L. xzI-I@D  
for cataract surgery.7 This supports prior research which has yv<0fQ  
shown that visual acuity is not a strong predictor of need for q_N8JQg  
cataract surgery.8,9 Elsewhere, socioeconomic status has ^m    
been shown to be related to cataract surgery rates.10 Dn?P~%  
To appropriately plan health care services, information is D>O{>;y[  
needed about the prevalence of age-related cataract in the w%1B_PyDg  
community as well as the factors associated with cataract 9 0[gXj  
surgery. The purpose of this study is to quantify the prevalence '* +]&~b  
of any cataract in Australia, to describe the factors F~ n}Ep~1  
related to unoperated cataract in the community and to :!1B6Mc  
describe the visual outcomes of cataract surgery. y)v'0q  
METHODS Z8=4cWI~;  
Study population I@ch 5vl4  
Details about the study methodology for the Visual ,h1r6&MEY  
Impairment Project have been published previously.11 XQk9 U  
Briefly, cluster sampling within three strata was employed to ;1cX|N=  
recruit subjects aged 40 years and over to participate. L `+\M+  
Within the Melbourne Statistical Division, nine pairs of QH4n b h4  
census collector districts were randomly selected. Fourteen 3;j?i<kM  
nursing homes within a 5 km radius of these nine test sites F#iLMO&Q  
were randomly chosen to recruit nursing home residents. 2u6N';jgZ  
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (2000) 28, 77–82 }{Lf 4|8  
Original Article K I$?0O  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia DSy,#yA  
Catherine A McCarty PhD, MPH, Mukesh B Nanjan PhD, Hugh R Taylor MD s+^o[R T3  
Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 4%p5X8|\ih  
n Correspondence: Dr Cathy McCarty MPH, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, 32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, d+ih]?  
Victoria 3002, Australia. Email: cathy@cera.unimelb.edu.au uHQJ &  
78 McCarty et al. "`,PLC  
Finally, four pairs of census collector districts in four rural ez86+  
Victorian communities were randomly selected to recruit rural $z{HNY* 2  
residents. A household census was conducted to identify v<tH 3I+   
eligible residents aged 40 years and over who had been a !U,qr0h  
resident at that address for at least 6 months. At the time of 8o4<F%ot  
the household census, basic information about age, sex, CHWyy  
country of birth, language spoken at home, education, use of Y: KB"H  
corrective spectacles and use of eye care services was collected. * 2T &pX  
Eligible residents were then invited to attend a local WqY:XE+?\  
examination site for a more detailed interview and examination. ^lRXc.c z  
The study protocol was approved by the Royal Victorian &!/L^Y*+  
Eye and Ear Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee. N_q7ip%z  
Assessment of cataract YV{^S6M  
A standardized ophthalmic examination was performed after StP6G ]x  
pupil dilatation with one drop of 10% phenylephrine b |m$ W  
hydrochloride. Lens opacities were graded clinically at the A+Y>1-=JO  
time of the examination and subsequently from photos using F2oY_mA   
the Wilmer cataract photo-grading system.12 Cortical and cy^6g? ew  
posterior subcapsular (PSC) opacities were assessed on JYm@Llf)$  
retroillumination and measured as the proportion (in 1/16) o0s+ roiD  
of pupil circumference occupied by opacity. For this analysis, 8-juzL}  
cortical cataract was defined as 4/16 or greater opacity, 39"8Nq|e  
PSC cataract was defined as opacity equal to or greater than 5>}L3r>a;  
1 mm2 and nuclear cataract was defined as opacity equal to }4_izKS  
or greater than Wilmer standard 2,12 independent of visual a4g=cs<9}  
acuity. Examples of the minimum opacities defined as cortical, _~Lhc'^p*  
nuclear and PSC cataract are presented in Figure 1. YaSwn3i/@S  
Bilateral congenital cataracts or cataracts secondary to lP9a*>=a  
intraocular inflammation or trauma were excluded from the ^x 4,}'(  
analysis. Two cases of bilateral secondary cataract and eight I+`~6  
cases of bilateral congenital cataract were excluded from the z?j~ 2K<4  
analyses. d<7xSRC   
A Topcon® SL5 photo slit-lamp (Topcon America Corp., [u)^Q gP  
Paramus, NJ, USA) with a 0.1 mm slit beam of 9.0 mm in |P5?0{  
height set to an incident angle of 30° was used for examinations. ]>R`]U9*O  
Ektachrome® 200 ASA colour slide film (Eastman Fo?2nQ<  
Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA) was used to photograph LsV!Sd  
the nuclear opacities. The cortical opacities were !WVF{L,/I  
photographed with an Oxford® retroillumination camera =x/]2+ s  
(Marcher Enterprises Ltd, Hereford, UK) and T-MAX® 400 O%0G37h  
film (Eastman Kodak). Photographs were graded separately Z"e|DP`  
by two research assistants and discrepancies were adjudicated \:-; {  
by an independent reviewer. Any discrepancies YEVH?`G  
between the clinical grades and the photograph grades were  v C><N  
resolved. Except in cases where photographs were missing, Dyt}"r\  
the photograph grades were used in the analyses. Photograph 5^0W\  
grades were available for 4301 (84%) for cortical Bz7T1B&to  
cataract, 4147 (81%) for nuclear cataract and 4303 (84%) =$b^ X?x  
for PSC cataract. Cataract status was classified according to \ J9@p  
the severity of the opacity in the worse eye. &*MwKr<y  
Assessment of risk factors %Vive2j C  
A standardized questionnaire was used to obtain information 4HkOg)a  
about education, employment and ethnic background.11 10}\7p8  
Specific information was elicited on the occurrence, duration ;wTl#\|w0  
and treatment of a number of medical conditions, ~{U~9v^v (  
including ocular trauma, arthritis, diabetes, gout, hypertension d;;]+%  
and mental illness. Information about the use, dose and 7c4\'dt#  
duration of tobacco, alcohol, analgesics and steriods were 9:YiLoz?  
collected, and a food frequency questionnaire was used to p0'A\@|  
determine current consumption of dietary sources of antioxidants a.wRJ  
and use of vitamin supplements.  SvDVxK  
Data management and statistical analysis EV2whs2g  
Data were collected either by direct computer entry with a G~u94r w|:  
questionnaire programmed in Paradox© (Carel Corporation, . (Q;EF`_U  
Ottawa, Canada) with internal consistency checks, or />K$_T/]  
on self-coding forms. Open-ended responses were coded at Lgvmk  
a later time. Data that were entered on the self-coded forms T4o}5sq}S  
were entered into a computer with double data entry and r$R(4q:  
reconciliation of any inconsistencies. Data range and consistency m cp}F|ws  
checks were performed on the entire data set. )#IiHB F  
SAS© version 6.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina) was 0@^YxU[YN  
employed for statistical analyses. Q5{i#F7nJm  
Ninety-five per cent confidence limits around the agespecific tezsoR!.ak  
rates were calculated according to Cochran13 to !)_80O1  
account for the effect of the cluster sampling. Ninety-five /|`;|0/2  
per cent confidence limits around age-standardized rates .+|G`*1<i  
were calculated according to Breslow and Day.14 The strataspecific ?fCLiK  
data were weighted according to the 1996 I zM=?,`  
Australian Bureau of Statistics census data15 to reflect the FzA_-d/_dg  
cataract prevalence in the entire Victorian population. nPR_:_^  
Univariate analyses with Student’s t-tests and chi-squared 6wIv7@Y  
tests were first employed to evaluate risk factors for unoperated 9 )e`mO*n  
cataract. Any factors with P < 0.10 were then fitted o5i?|HJ  
into a backwards stepwise logistic regression model. For the :sk7`7v  
Figure 1. Minimum levels of cortical (a), nuclear (b), and posterior subcapsular (c) cataract. ^['%wA%  
final multivariate models, P < 0.05 was considered statistically -gv@ .#N  
significant. Design effect was assessed through the use +m Mn1&  
of cluster-specific models and multivariate models. The 9IN =m 5  
design effect was assumed to be additive and an adjustment 2RT9Q!BX{  
made in the variance by adding the variance associated with q'hMf?_  
the design effect prior to constructing the 95% confidence #W~5M ?+  
limits. f/eT4y  
RESULTS )wCA 8  
Study population zTAt% w5  
A total of 3271 (83%) of the Melbourne residents, 403 L!3{ASIN0  
(90%) Melbourne nursing home residents, and 1473 (92%) J,4]d u$  
rural residents participated. In general, non-participants did HJ !)D~M{  
not differ from participants.16 The study population was ]Qkto4DQ5  
representative of the Victorian population and Australia as V%<<Udu<  
a whole. *P61q\2Z  
The Melbourne residents ranged in age from 40 to ~Rs|W;  
98 years (mean = 59) and 1511 (46%) were male. The ]BO{Q+?d2  
Melbourne nursing home residents ranged in age from 46 to cx_[Y  
101 years (mean = 82) and 85 (21%) were men. The rural )>\J~{  
residents ranged in age from 40 to 103 years (mean = 60) F$ZWQ9&5U0  
and 701 (47.5%) were men. y$r9Y !?s  
Prevalence of cataract and prior cataract surgery !6@xX08z  
As would be expected, the rate of any cataract increases wf=#w}f  
dramatically with age (Table 1). The weighted rate of any 2GqPS  
cataract in Victoria was 21.5% (95% CL 18.1, 24.9). N>/*)Frt  
Although the rates varied somewhat between the three n{r+t=X  
strata, they were not significantly different as the 95% confidence W ;P1T"*A  
limits overlapped. The per cent of cataractous eyes }<2F]UuR  
with best-corrected visual acuity of less than 6/12 was 12.5% U"%k4]:A  
(65/520) for cortical cataract, 18% for nuclear cataract Rb#Z'1D'G  
(97/534) and 14.4% (27/187) for PSC cataract. Cataract fX[,yc;  
surgery also rose dramatically with age. The overall x3PeU_9  
weighted rate of prior cataract surgery in Victoria was g" (N_sv?  
3.79% (95% CL 2.97, 4.60) (Table 2). D'fP2?3FK  
Risk factors for unoperated cataract nI2}E  
Cases of cataract that had not been removed were classified l>~:lBO  
as unoperated cataract. Risk factor analyses for unoperated zesEbR)j  
cataract were not performed with the nursing home residents _q6+]  
as information about risk factor exposure was not _\@i&3hkx  
available for this cohort. The following factors were assessed ?=r!b{9  
in relation to unoperated cataract: age, sex, residence y^;qT_)#  
(urban/rural), language spoken at home (a measure of ethnic R&ou4Y:DG  
integration), country of birth, parents’ country of birth (a qhK;#<#  
measure of ethnicity), years since migration, education, use .8b 4  
of ophthalmic services, use of optometric services, private Q.z2 (&  
health insurance status, duration of distance glasses use, }Lb];hww1  
glaucoma, age-related maculopathy and employment status. Vg:P@6s  
In this cross sectional study it was not possible to assess the \?3];+c9  
level of visual acuity that would predict a patient’s having ~@'|R%jJ  
cataract surgery, as visual acuity data prior to cataract `Z%XA>  
surgery were not available. \F1n Ej  
The significant risk factors for unoperated cataract in univariate rBr28_i   
analyses were related to: whether a participant had y:2o-SJn  
ever seen an optometrist, seen an ophthalmologist or been cq[}>5*k  
diagnosed with glaucoma; and participants’ employment "K\Rq+si  
status (currently employed) and age. These significant jU4Ir {f  
factors were placed in a backwards stepwise logistic regression 0 ?2#SM  
model. The factors that remained significantly related )$th${pd#v  
to unoperated cataract were whether participants had ever VJ=!0v  
seen an ophthalmologist, seen an optometrist and been ~)ByARao=  
diagnosed with glaucoma. None of the demographic factors Pv0+`>):  
were associated with unoperated cataract in the multivariate ait/|a  
model. Q2fa]*Z5  
The per cent of participants with unoperated cataract 7XwFO0==  
who said that they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with i, )kI  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia 79 Q7Dkh KT  
Table 1. Prevalence of any cataracta (excluding previous cataract surgery) by age, gender and cohort eA+6-'qN  
Age group Sex Urban Rural Nursing home Weighted total V'6%G:?0a  
(years) (%) (%) (%) lq%s/l  
40–49 Male 2.56 4.04 0.00 3.00 (1.91, 4.08) u;Z~Px4]v  
Female 2.61 1.70 0.00 2.36 (1.61, 3.10) ,>~9 2  
50–59 Male 7.69 6.94 0.00 7.47 (5.80, 9.15) `[:f;2(@  
Female 6.67 7.56 0.00 6.92 (5.60, 8.24) !D6@\  
60–69 Male 20.7 25.0 10.0 22.0 (18.1, 26.0) TI*uNS;-  
Female 27.9 35.7 37.5 30.3 (26.0, 34.7) n=yFw\w'  
70–79 Male 43.1 58.7 39.1 48.1 (41.2, 55.1) @0)bY* njj  
Female 58.6 66.2 55.6 61.0 (56.0, 65.9) qQ|v~^  
80–89 Male 74.0 89.3 92.0 79.3 (72.3, 86.3) y\@XW*_?  
Female 91.9 97.0 80.2 92.6 (86.4, 98.8) 7Y$p3]0e+  
90 + Male 100.0 100.0 75.0 98.8 (96.2, 100.0) c5t?S@b  
Female 100.0 100.0 93.8 98.6 (97.0, 100.0) M<)HJ lr  
Age-standardized 3N<FG.6  
(95% CL) Combined 19.7 (16.3, 23.1) 23.2 (16.1, 30.2) 16.5 (2.06, 30.9) 21.5 (18.1, 25.0) g.,IQ4o  
aCortical > 4/16, nuclear > standard 2, posterior subcapsular > 1 mm2 un..UU4  
their current vision was 30% (290/683), compared with 27% tt`b+NOH>  
(26/95) of participants with prior cataract surgery (chisquared, u/``*=Y@  
1 d.f. = 0.25, P = 0.62). +='.uc_  
Outcomes of cataract surgery ,H.q%!{h_  
Two hundred and forty-nine eyes had undergone prior {E!$<A9  
cataract surgery. Of these 249 operated eyes, 49 (20%) were mF#{"  
left aphakic, 6 (2.4%) had anterior chamber intraocular \f%jN1z  
lenses and 194 (78%) had posterior chamber intraocular vu1F  
lenses. The rate of capsulotomy in the eyes with intact /(XtNtO*  
posterior capsules was 36% (73/202). Fifteen per cent of jYuH zf  
eyes (17/114) with a clear posterior capsule had bestcorrected h*&-[nSo  
visual acuity of less than 6/12 compared with 43% 347p2sK>  
of eyes (6/14) with opaque capsules, and 15% of eyes 3C2L _ K3  
(11/73) with prior capsulotomies (chi-squared, 2 d.f. = 7.21, NCd_h<}|6F  
P = 0.027). 7pmhH%Dn$  
The percentage of eyes with best-corrected visual acuity nIKh<ws4z  
of 6/12 or better was 96% (302/314) for eyes without B EN=/ v  
cataract, 88% (1417/1609) for eyes with prevalent cataract V% psaT=)P  
and 85% (211/249) for eyes with operated cataract (chisquared, k)dLJ<EM  
2 d.f. = 22.3), P < 0.001). Twenty-seven of the KR%DpQ&{'  
operated eyes (11%) had visual acuities of less than 6/18 591Syyy  
(moderate vision impairment) (Fig. 2). A cause of this 0vt?yD  
moderate visual impairment (but not the only cause) in four Hh4$Qr;R  
(15%) eyes was secondary to cataract surgery. Three of these JZ]4?_l  
four eyes had undergone intracapsular cataract extraction (%YFcE)SRS  
and the fourth eye had an opaque posterior capsule. No one v:nm#P%P  
had bilateral vision impairment as a result of their cataract g%Sl+gWdJ  
surgery. I|@%|s TW  
DISCUSSION HSE9-c =  
To our knowledge, this is the first paper to systematically %l( qyH)*  
assess the prevalence of current cataract, previous cataract mADq_` j  
surgery, predictors of unoperated cataract and the outcomes T;IaVMFG|d  
of cataract surgery in a population-based sample. The Visual 2Xys;Dwx  
Impairment Project is unique in that the sampling frame and vT#zc )j  
high response rate have ensured that the study population is w$MFCJ:p&  
representative of Australians aged 40 years and over. Therefore, 0GK<l  
these data can be used to plan age-related cataract 0&} "!)  
services throughout Australia. GsA/pXx  
We found the rate of any cataract in those over the age * 7u~`  
of 40 years to be 22%. Although relatively high, this rate is ,u8)g; 8s  
significantly less than was reported in a number of previous <csz4tL}P  
studies,2,4,6 with the exception of the Casteldaccia Eye {EE/3e@  
Study.5 However, it is difficult to compare rates of cataract ^1^k<  
between studies because of different methodologies and ,5$V;|  
cataract definitions employed in the various studies, as well #Mkwd5S|L  
as the different age structures of the study populations. %{ WZ  
Other studies have used less conservative definitions of D/uGL t~D(  
cataract, thus leading to higher rates of cataract as defined. 5N<f\W,  
In most large epidemiologic studies of cataract, visual acuity PLD6Ug  
has not been included in the definition of cataract. pESlBQ7{I  
Therefore, the prevalence of cataract may not reflect the {G$I|<MD2T  
actual need for cataract surgery in the community. })RT2zw}  
80 McCarty et al. R1OC7q  
Table 2. Prevalence of previous cataract by age, gender and cohort 5{/CqUIl  
Age group Gender Urban Rural Nursing home Weighted total GO0Spf_Gh  
(years) (%) (%) (%) E`s9SE  
40–49 Male 1.14 0.00 0.00 0.80 (0.00, 1.81) oE@{h$=  
Female 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ( ' NCxVbyYD  
50–59 Male 0.68 0.58 0.00 0.65 (0.13, 1.17) :&: IZkO  
Female 0.57 0.00 0.00 0.41 (0.00, 1.00) :aHD'K  
60–69 Male 2.12 7.59 0.00 3.80 (1.41, 6.19) jusP aAdW  
Female 2.11 3.51 0.00 2.54 (1.81, 3.26) f[v~U<\R  
70–79 Male 8.22 9.85 8.70 8.75 (6.38, 11.1) at7|r\`?-  
Female 7.21 7.86 7.02 7.41 (5.36, 9.46) {.F``2  
80–89 Male 25.0 30.0 14.3 26.2 (17.0, 35.4) kB_uU !G  
Female 27.9 25.6 18.3 26.7 (20.2, 33.3) 3&i8C,u]/O  
90 + Male 0.00 16.7 66.7 9.19 (0.00, 21.5) 4 4%jz-m  
Female 58.3 100.0 26.9 63.1 (44.4, 81.8) V"":_`1VW  
Age-standardized DF D5">g@  
(95% CL) Combined 3.31 (2.70, 3.93) 4.36 (2.67, 6.06) 2.26 (0.82, 3.70) 3.79 (2.97, 4.60) !g:UkU\J  
Figure 2. Visual acuity in eyes that had undergone cataract %4QCUc*lr  
surgery, n = 249. h, Presenting; j, best-corrected. g*$ 0G  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia 81 +wd} '4)  
The weighted prevalence of prior cataract surgery in the bqY}t. Y&"  
Visual Impairment Project (3.6%) was similar to the crude 7kpCBLM(}  
rate in the Beaver Dam Eye Study4 (3.1%), but less than the Ycb<'M*jE  
crude rate in the Blue Mountains Eye Study6 (6.0%). oH~ZqX.3  
However, the age-standardized rate in the Blue Mountains Sd'Meebu  
Eye Study (standardized to the age distribution of the urban Yjz'lWg  
Visual Impairment Project cohort) was found to be less than N>i1TM2  
the Visual Impairment Project (standardized rate = 1.36%, 'R6D+Vk/  
95% CL 1.25, 1.47). The incidence of cataract surgery in QC>I<j& `!  
Australia has exceeded population growth.1 This is due, 5n;|K]UW  
perhaps, to advances in surgical techniques and lens 2 YK4 SL  
implants that have changed the risk–benefit ratio. z.23i^Q  
The Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable 2a*1q#MpAt  
Blindness, sponsored by the World Health Organization, }4xxge?r  
states that cataract surgical services should be provided that yAEOn/.~  
‘have a high success rate in terms of visual outcome and 9\TvX!)h  
improved quality of life’,17 although the ‘high success rate’ is `<y[V  
not defined. Population- and clinic-based studies conducted ]>E9v&X0  
in the United States have demonstrated marked improvement 3hR7 . /  
in visual acuity following cataract surgery.18–20 We ;3\F b3d  
found that 85% of eyes that had undergone cataract extraction 5WP[-J)  
had visual acuity of 6/12 or better. Previously, we have 8s8q`_.)(  
shown that participants with prevalent cataract in this P,h@F+OZN  
cohort are more likely to express dissatisfaction with their 'DsfKR^ s  
current vision than participants without cataract or participants y=9a2 [3Dz  
with prior cataract surgery.21 In a national study in the !=&]#-;b  
United States, researchers found that the change in patients’ HAo8]?J  
ratings of their vision difficulties and satisfaction with their oZ6xHdPc4  
vision after cataract surgery were more highly related to B>X+eK  
their change in visual functioning score than to their change &%u,b~cL?  
in visual acuity.19 Furthermore, improvement in visual function M #S8x@U  
has been shown to be associated with improvement in a^[io1}-  
overall quality of life.22 ]CC~Eo-%-  
A recent review found that the incidence of visually @T/C<-/:  
significant posterior capsule opacification following ^ fK8~g;rB  
cataract surgery to be greater than 25%.23 We found 36% m$LZ3=v%8  
capsulotomy in our population and that this was associated T>f-b3dk  
with visual acuity similar to that of eyes with a clear W]Ph:O ^5c  
capsule, but significantly better than that of eyes with an HwST^\Ao  
opaque capsule. 3;:xEPb._6  
A number of studies have shown that the demand and UO:>^,(j  
timing of cataract surgery vary according to visual acuity, 5,Q('t#J  
degree of handicap and socioeconomic factors.8–10,24,25 We #UWQ (+F  
have also shown previously that ophthalmologists are more @XIwp2A{+  
likely to refer a patient for cataract surgery if the patient is 7H >dv'  
employed and less likely to refer a nursing home resident.7 J7cq nj  
In the Visual Impairment Project, we did not find that any T@vVff  
particular subgroup of the population was at greater risk of W}=2?vHV=  
having unoperated cataract. Universal access to health care ?1412Tq5  
in Australia may explain the fact that people without 5N|77AAxK  
Medicare are more likely to delay cataract operations in the _%L3?PpF"  
USA,8 but not having private health insurance is not associated XqwdJND  
with unoperated cataract in Australia. @%fkW"y:  
In summary, cataract is a significant public health problem zO\"$8q*  
in that one in four people in their 80s will have had cataract c`jTdVD  
surgery. The importance of age-related cataract surgery will "1nd~ BBOw  
increase further with the ageing of the population: the s3knh&'zb  
number of people over age 60 years is expected to double in k/mY. 2yPv  
the next 20 years. Cataract surgery services are well Ip0Zf?  
accessed by the Victorian population and the visual outcomes JH5])i0  
of cataract surgery have been shown to be very good. x-QP+M`Pu  
These data can be used to plan for age-related cataract }9kq?  
surgical services in Australia in the future as the need for Umd!j,  
cataract extractions increases. N1-LM9S  
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS d^Wh-U  
The Visual Impairment Project was funded in part by grants !6%mt}h  
from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, the {!S/8o"]  
National Health and Medical Research Council, the Ansell 4~/6d9f  
Ophthalmology Foundation, the Dorothy Edols Estate and s [!SG`&  
the Jack Brockhoff Foundation. Dr McCarty is the recipient i@6 /#  
of a Wagstaff Fellowship in Ophthalmology from the Royal #(H_w4  
Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. 4s8E:I=K  
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