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Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia

ABSTRACT {g=b]yg\o  
Purpose: To quantify the prevalence of cataract, the outcomes gduxA/aT  
of cataract surgery and the factors related to QT}iaeC1i  
unoperated cataract in Australia. )1z4q`  
Methods: Participants were recruited from the Visual 8&Wx@QI  
Impairment Project: a cluster, stratified sample of more than /#\?1)jCK  
5000 Victorians aged 40 years and over. At examination g\J)= ,ju,  
sites interviews, clinical examinations and lens photography aJQ XJ,>Lv  
were performed. Cataract was defined in participants who .CmL7 5  
had: had previous cataract surgery, cortical cataract greater 7-g^2sa'(  
than 4/16, nuclear greater than Wilmer standard 2, or :|($,3*  
posterior subcapsular greater than 1 mm2. 7jR7  
Results: The participant group comprised 3271 Melbourne ;qG1 r@o  
residents, 403 Melbourne nursing home residents and 1473 e5qvyUJM  
rural residents.The weighted rate of any cataract in Victoria |$w0+bV*  
was 21.5%. The overall weighted rate of prior cataract <[FS%2,0mb  
surgery was 3.79%. Two hundred and forty-nine eyes had 1l~.R#WG&  
had prior cataract surgery. Of these 249 procedures, 49 CH#kvR2  
(20%) were aphakic, 6 (2.4%) had anterior chamber >+f'!*%7He  
intraocular lenses and 194 (78%) had posterior chamber & ]%\.m  
intraocular lenses.Two hundred and eleven of these operated B*BHF95!  
eyes (85%) had best-corrected visual acuity of 6/12 or >]C<j4  
better, the legal requirement for a driver’s license.Twentyseven &LwJ'h +nd  
(11%) had visual acuity of less than 6/18 (moderate l#|J rU!  
vision impairment). Complications of cataract surgery UT % #K%  
caused reduced vision in four of the 27 eyes (15%), or 1.9% @!,D%]8"  
of operated eyes. Three of these four eyes had undergone  l`oT:  
intracapsular cataract extraction and the fourth eye had an H2s*s[T -  
opaque posterior capsule. No one had bilateral vision &~42T}GTWG  
impairment as a result of cataract surgery. Surprisingly, no HI7]% <L  
particular demographic factors (such as age, gender, rural "@aq@mY@  
residence, occupation, employment status, health insurance Ae3,W  
status, ethnicity) were related to the presence of unoperated m]Hb+Y=;h  
cataract. Qs~d_;  
Conclusions: Although the overall prevalence of cataract is 5XhK#X%:A  
quite high, no particular subgroup is systematically underserviced q+r ` e  
in terms of cataract surgery. Overall, the results of 5~v(AB(x  
cataract surgery are very good, with the majority of eyes m*Q[lr=  
achieving driving vision following cataract extraction. u4`mQ6  
Key words: cataract extraction, health planning, health &Bj,.dD/a  
services accessibility, prevalence *1 n;p)K  
INTRODUCTION l{M;PaJ`}  
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide and, in D|u^8\'.  
Australia, cataract extractions account for the majority of all Ec7{B hH)  
ophthalmic procedures.1 Over the period 1985–94, the rate  ;Puy A  
of cataract surgery in Australia was twice as high as would be 7.w *+Z>z  
expected from the growth in the elderly population.1 8MYLXW6  
Although there have been a number of studies reporting 3I(dC|d  
the prevalence of cataract in various populations,2–6 there is -6hu31W  
little information about determinants of cataract surgery in v^ y}lT  
the population. A previous survey of Australian ophthalmologists sw3:HNG=  
showed that patient concern and lifestyle, rather SdjUhR+o  
than visual acuity itself, are the primary factors for referral '$2oSd  
for cataract surgery.7 This supports prior research which has twYB=68  
shown that visual acuity is not a strong predictor of need for "/ a*[_sV  
cataract surgery.8,9 Elsewhere, socioeconomic status has ?9wFV/  
been shown to be related to cataract surgery rates.10 :>AW@SoTp  
To appropriately plan health care services, information is hB2s$QS  
needed about the prevalence of age-related cataract in the &F<J#cfe8  
community as well as the factors associated with cataract .dg 4gr\D  
surgery. The purpose of this study is to quantify the prevalence G>_42Rp  
of any cataract in Australia, to describe the factors -6em*$k^  
related to unoperated cataract in the community and to : e0R7sj  
describe the visual outcomes of cataract surgery. N$ qNe'b  
METHODS /`j  K  
Study population Lv,ji_  
Details about the study methodology for the Visual L8?Z!0D/h  
Impairment Project have been published previously.11 ^%4( %68  
Briefly, cluster sampling within three strata was employed to @LkW_  
recruit subjects aged 40 years and over to participate. %DND&0`  
Within the Melbourne Statistical Division, nine pairs of 6%tiB?  
census collector districts were randomly selected. Fourteen 2Xj-A\Oh~  
nursing homes within a 5 km radius of these nine test sites WO \lny!  
were randomly chosen to recruit nursing home residents. $V{- @=  
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (2000) 28, 77–82 [r~rIb%Zj  
Original Article 6!Tf'#TV~!  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia (J,Oh  
Catherine A McCarty PhD, MPH, Mukesh B Nanjan PhD, Hugh R Taylor MD ^&G O4u  
Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia te)g',#lT  
n Correspondence: Dr Cathy McCarty MPH, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, 32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne,  JY050FL  
Victoria 3002, Australia. Email: cathy@cera.unimelb.edu.au ;uWI l  
78 McCarty et al. -WHwz m  
Finally, four pairs of census collector districts in four rural tB(X`A.|  
Victorian communities were randomly selected to recruit rural ['N#aDh.?  
residents. A household census was conducted to identify ;xkf ?|  
eligible residents aged 40 years and over who had been a r{:la56Xd  
resident at that address for at least 6 months. At the time of cX=b q_  
the household census, basic information about age, sex, NYV0<z@M2M  
country of birth, language spoken at home, education, use of },QFyT  
corrective spectacles and use of eye care services was collected. ewff(e9  
Eligible residents were then invited to attend a local WZO 0u  
examination site for a more detailed interview and examination. W!9f'Yn  
The study protocol was approved by the Royal Victorian s].Cx4VQ  
Eye and Ear Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee. U>M>FZ  
Assessment of cataract _xwfz]lb+  
A standardized ophthalmic examination was performed after Uc;IPS  
pupil dilatation with one drop of 10% phenylephrine I)4|?tb ?  
hydrochloride. Lens opacities were graded clinically at the |8?{JK sg  
time of the examination and subsequently from photos using f2K3*}P  
the Wilmer cataract photo-grading system.12 Cortical and ;iI2K/ 3  
posterior subcapsular (PSC) opacities were assessed on /u1zRw  
retroillumination and measured as the proportion (in 1/16) Xpz-@fqKdf  
of pupil circumference occupied by opacity. For this analysis, `)_FO]m}jS  
cortical cataract was defined as 4/16 or greater opacity, *wl_8Sis}  
PSC cataract was defined as opacity equal to or greater than S^_yiV S  
1 mm2 and nuclear cataract was defined as opacity equal to XSIO0ep  
or greater than Wilmer standard 2,12 independent of visual d`*vJ#$> 2  
acuity. Examples of the minimum opacities defined as cortical, J\},o|WI  
nuclear and PSC cataract are presented in Figure 1. !: [` V!{  
Bilateral congenital cataracts or cataracts secondary to -2XIF}.Hu  
intraocular inflammation or trauma were excluded from the \3UdC{~  
analysis. Two cases of bilateral secondary cataract and eight g)Uh   
cases of bilateral congenital cataract were excluded from the sMo%Ayes  
analyses. C!A_PQ2y  
A Topcon® SL5 photo slit-lamp (Topcon America Corp., SQRz8,sqkw  
Paramus, NJ, USA) with a 0.1 mm slit beam of 9.0 mm in 2^j9m}`  
height set to an incident angle of 30° was used for examinations. x@x@0k` A2  
Ektachrome® 200 ASA colour slide film (Eastman 3@A k6Uh  
Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA) was used to photograph Sa(r l^qZ2  
the nuclear opacities. The cortical opacities were :"^$7  
photographed with an Oxford® retroillumination camera W12K93tO  
(Marcher Enterprises Ltd, Hereford, UK) and T-MAX® 400 2Ki/K(  
film (Eastman Kodak). Photographs were graded separately a&PZ7!PZv  
by two research assistants and discrepancies were adjudicated Ke!O^zP92  
by an independent reviewer. Any discrepancies n*uZ=M_/Q  
between the clinical grades and the photograph grades were !Hg#c!eOg  
resolved. Except in cases where photographs were missing, (x!bZ,fu  
the photograph grades were used in the analyses. Photograph gA*zFhGVS7  
grades were available for 4301 (84%) for cortical ^6n]@ 4P  
cataract, 4147 (81%) for nuclear cataract and 4303 (84%) bvKi0-  
for PSC cataract. Cataract status was classified according to z@j&vW  
the severity of the opacity in the worse eye. &3. 8i%  
Assessment of risk factors }mK_d9dx  
A standardized questionnaire was used to obtain information !{LwX Kf  
about education, employment and ethnic background.11 b/`' ?| C  
Specific information was elicited on the occurrence, duration Q[^d{e*l  
and treatment of a number of medical conditions, `pr,lL  
including ocular trauma, arthritis, diabetes, gout, hypertension Zuf&maa S  
and mental illness. Information about the use, dose and :gn!3P}p?  
duration of tobacco, alcohol, analgesics and steriods were ty ?y&~axk  
collected, and a food frequency questionnaire was used to #Bjnz$KB  
determine current consumption of dietary sources of antioxidants Hl51R"8o  
and use of vitamin supplements. f QdQ[  
Data management and statistical analysis KAGq\7  
Data were collected either by direct computer entry with a z!tHn#  
questionnaire programmed in Paradox© (Carel Corporation, d>f5T l\E  
Ottawa, Canada) with internal consistency checks, or MLl:)W*  
on self-coding forms. Open-ended responses were coded at \BA_PyS?W+  
a later time. Data that were entered on the self-coded forms LdcP0G\"VG  
were entered into a computer with double data entry and r BaK$Ut  
reconciliation of any inconsistencies. Data range and consistency \VW.>@s~  
checks were performed on the entire data set. ufmFeeg  
SAS© version 6.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina) was 1-`8v[S  
employed for statistical analyses. iVA_a8}  
Ninety-five per cent confidence limits around the agespecific n']@Sp m  
rates were calculated according to Cochran13 to XS>4efCJ   
account for the effect of the cluster sampling. Ninety-five *<KY^;  
per cent confidence limits around age-standardized rates x \lua  
were calculated according to Breslow and Day.14 The strataspecific ]C_6I\Z#=W  
data were weighted according to the 1996 |@ia(U~  
Australian Bureau of Statistics census data15 to reflect the !JJY ( o  
cataract prevalence in the entire Victorian population. 3=` UX  
Univariate analyses with Student’s t-tests and chi-squared uu HWN|  
tests were first employed to evaluate risk factors for unoperated UJO+7h'  
cataract. Any factors with P < 0.10 were then fitted *M&~R(TMn  
into a backwards stepwise logistic regression model. For the 778a)ZOzb  
Figure 1. Minimum levels of cortical (a), nuclear (b), and posterior subcapsular (c) cataract. 8L0#<"'0  
final multivariate models, P < 0.05 was considered statistically g=b 'T-  
significant. Design effect was assessed through the use (xMAo;s_  
of cluster-specific models and multivariate models. The ,w c|YI)E  
design effect was assumed to be additive and an adjustment zvE]4}VL?  
made in the variance by adding the variance associated with w<>B4 m\  
the design effect prior to constructing the 95% confidence 1_ %3cN.  
limits. hCM+=]z"  
RESULTS <.#i3!  
Study population K-sJnQ23'  
A total of 3271 (83%) of the Melbourne residents, 403 u`7\o~$  
(90%) Melbourne nursing home residents, and 1473 (92%) uPt({H  
rural residents participated. In general, non-participants did PU[] Nw  
not differ from participants.16 The study population was 4; y*y tY*  
representative of the Victorian population and Australia as ?$%#y u#.  
a whole. 0;KjP?5  
The Melbourne residents ranged in age from 40 to Zg_ fec~6q  
98 years (mean = 59) and 1511 (46%) were male. The i1}Y;mj  
Melbourne nursing home residents ranged in age from 46 to 2XNO*zbve  
101 years (mean = 82) and 85 (21%) were men. The rural w`x4i fZ0q  
residents ranged in age from 40 to 103 years (mean = 60) J4"?D9T3G  
and 701 (47.5%) were men. Z7J8%ywQ  
Prevalence of cataract and prior cataract surgery c>mTd{Abi  
As would be expected, the rate of any cataract increases t}w<xe  
dramatically with age (Table 1). The weighted rate of any 5bBY[qp  
cataract in Victoria was 21.5% (95% CL 18.1, 24.9). $MhfGMk!'  
Although the rates varied somewhat between the three VN]70LFz*i  
strata, they were not significantly different as the 95% confidence \I"n~h^_  
limits overlapped. The per cent of cataractous eyes %0&59q]LM  
with best-corrected visual acuity of less than 6/12 was 12.5% @^R6}qJ  
(65/520) for cortical cataract, 18% for nuclear cataract hX4 V}kj  
(97/534) and 14.4% (27/187) for PSC cataract. Cataract a!guZUg6  
surgery also rose dramatically with age. The overall P.#@1_:gC  
weighted rate of prior cataract surgery in Victoria was h\-3Y U  
3.79% (95% CL 2.97, 4.60) (Table 2). q!f'?yFYK  
Risk factors for unoperated cataract *E.uqu>I  
Cases of cataract that had not been removed were classified T$!Pkdh  
as unoperated cataract. Risk factor analyses for unoperated OJ?U."Lxm$  
cataract were not performed with the nursing home residents 1EiSxf  
as information about risk factor exposure was not )kIZm Q|f1  
available for this cohort. The following factors were assessed Xx,Rah)X3  
in relation to unoperated cataract: age, sex, residence pgd9_'[5  
(urban/rural), language spoken at home (a measure of ethnic F e1^9ja  
integration), country of birth, parents’ country of birth (a fL(_V/p^  
measure of ethnicity), years since migration, education, use dt5`UBvUg  
of ophthalmic services, use of optometric services, private Qa#Em1co  
health insurance status, duration of distance glasses use, g|Xjw Ti8$  
glaucoma, age-related maculopathy and employment status. ovk^  
In this cross sectional study it was not possible to assess the [hJ ASX9  
level of visual acuity that would predict a patient’s having 6GMwB@ b  
cataract surgery, as visual acuity data prior to cataract &8HJ4Vj2  
surgery were not available. ~--b#o{  
The significant risk factors for unoperated cataract in univariate :Qu.CvYF  
analyses were related to: whether a participant had Hy1pIUsx  
ever seen an optometrist, seen an ophthalmologist or been C]a iu  
diagnosed with glaucoma; and participants’ employment @NYlVk2  
status (currently employed) and age. These significant zP>=K  
factors were placed in a backwards stepwise logistic regression {!*dk V  
model. The factors that remained significantly related G LA4O)  
to unoperated cataract were whether participants had ever U]Fnf?(  
seen an ophthalmologist, seen an optometrist and been 0Wb3M"#9<  
diagnosed with glaucoma. None of the demographic factors 2Uy}#n|)r  
were associated with unoperated cataract in the multivariate :+<GJj_d+  
model. j34lPo `  
The per cent of participants with unoperated cataract K7},X01^  
who said that they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with ug?#Oa  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia 79 m88[(l  
Table 1. Prevalence of any cataracta (excluding previous cataract surgery) by age, gender and cohort \G CT3$  
Age group Sex Urban Rural Nursing home Weighted total X?S LYm@v  
(years) (%) (%) (%) p><DA fB  
40–49 Male 2.56 4.04 0.00 3.00 (1.91, 4.08) 98%6Z8AS6U  
Female 2.61 1.70 0.00 2.36 (1.61, 3.10) ++CL0S$e  
50–59 Male 7.69 6.94 0.00 7.47 (5.80, 9.15) QD^"cPC)mM  
Female 6.67 7.56 0.00 6.92 (5.60, 8.24) ~!ICBF~j  
60–69 Male 20.7 25.0 10.0 22.0 (18.1, 26.0) wi S8S{K5  
Female 27.9 35.7 37.5 30.3 (26.0, 34.7) EakS(Q?  
70–79 Male 43.1 58.7 39.1 48.1 (41.2, 55.1) qD> D  
Female 58.6 66.2 55.6 61.0 (56.0, 65.9) 1#jvr_ ga  
80–89 Male 74.0 89.3 92.0 79.3 (72.3, 86.3) !gG\jC~n  
Female 91.9 97.0 80.2 92.6 (86.4, 98.8) ) q'~<QxI\  
90 + Male 100.0 100.0 75.0 98.8 (96.2, 100.0) YbE1yOJ&m  
Female 100.0 100.0 93.8 98.6 (97.0, 100.0) BX X1G  
Age-standardized Lz;E/a}s  
(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) ;AE%f.Y  
aCortical > 4/16, nuclear > standard 2, posterior subcapsular > 1 mm2 U4,hEnJBT  
their current vision was 30% (290/683), compared with 27% dIDs~  
(26/95) of participants with prior cataract surgery (chisquared, U-GV^j  
1 d.f. = 0.25, P = 0.62). # fl%~Y  
Outcomes of cataract surgery m#(ve1E  
Two hundred and forty-nine eyes had undergone prior ti9 cfv>  
cataract surgery. Of these 249 operated eyes, 49 (20%) were $; t#pN/`  
left aphakic, 6 (2.4%) had anterior chamber intraocular rCO:39L-  
lenses and 194 (78%) had posterior chamber intraocular hy|X(m  
lenses. The rate of capsulotomy in the eyes with intact [/I1%6;  
posterior capsules was 36% (73/202). Fifteen per cent of $[P>nRhW  
eyes (17/114) with a clear posterior capsule had bestcorrected rKys:is  
visual acuity of less than 6/12 compared with 43% O[fgn;@|  
of eyes (6/14) with opaque capsules, and 15% of eyes 0yxMIX  
(11/73) with prior capsulotomies (chi-squared, 2 d.f. = 7.21, !j.jvI%e;  
P = 0.027). zorTZ #5  
The percentage of eyes with best-corrected visual acuity xbA% 'p  
of 6/12 or better was 96% (302/314) for eyes without '2%/h4jY  
cataract, 88% (1417/1609) for eyes with prevalent cataract \$h LhYz-  
and 85% (211/249) for eyes with operated cataract (chisquared, , e ZL&n  
2 d.f. = 22.3), P < 0.001). Twenty-seven of the oa?eK  
operated eyes (11%) had visual acuities of less than 6/18 bMD'teJ  
(moderate vision impairment) (Fig. 2). A cause of this |8"~o u:.  
moderate visual impairment (but not the only cause) in four ?WX&,ew~  
(15%) eyes was secondary to cataract surgery. Three of these <nj[=C4v  
four eyes had undergone intracapsular cataract extraction ?Ib/}JST  
and the fourth eye had an opaque posterior capsule. No one %Ys>PzM  
had bilateral vision impairment as a result of their cataract Tc)T0dRP  
surgery. .so{ RI  
DISCUSSION dTaR 8i  
To our knowledge, this is the first paper to systematically 2`vCQV  
assess the prevalence of current cataract, previous cataract )B*?se]LJ  
surgery, predictors of unoperated cataract and the outcomes ) ZOmv  
of cataract surgery in a population-based sample. The Visual $#@4i4TN-  
Impairment Project is unique in that the sampling frame and `z)!!y  
high response rate have ensured that the study population is {zUc*9   
representative of Australians aged 40 years and over. Therefore, ".xai.trr  
these data can be used to plan age-related cataract uU.9*B=H9  
services throughout Australia. &,."=G  
We found the rate of any cataract in those over the age y=vH8D]%X  
of 40 years to be 22%. Although relatively high, this rate is q 8=u.T  
significantly less than was reported in a number of previous ;$&-c/]F#  
studies,2,4,6 with the exception of the Casteldaccia Eye }h_Op7.5D  
Study.5 However, it is difficult to compare rates of cataract ? 3}UO:B  
between studies because of different methodologies and rY!uc!  
cataract definitions employed in the various studies, as well pXFNK" jm  
as the different age structures of the study populations. @IiT8B  
Other studies have used less conservative definitions of 0"2 [I  
cataract, thus leading to higher rates of cataract as defined. (C-z8R Z6  
In most large epidemiologic studies of cataract, visual acuity u=E?N:I~F  
has not been included in the definition of cataract. p fBO5Ys  
Therefore, the prevalence of cataract may not reflect the " DlC vjc  
actual need for cataract surgery in the community. ooZ-T>$  
80 McCarty et al. ,\IqKRcYU  
Table 2. Prevalence of previous cataract by age, gender and cohort hx^a&"  
Age group Gender Urban Rural Nursing home Weighted total kuH;AMdv  
(years) (%) (%) (%) Nu_ w@T\l  
40–49 Male 1.14 0.00 0.00 0.80 (0.00, 1.81) *c AoE l  
Female 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ( 4iLU "~  
50–59 Male 0.68 0.58 0.00 0.65 (0.13, 1.17) ]~q N<x  
Female 0.57 0.00 0.00 0.41 (0.00, 1.00) y:A0!75  
60–69 Male 2.12 7.59 0.00 3.80 (1.41, 6.19) =wj~6:Bf  
Female 2.11 3.51 0.00 2.54 (1.81, 3.26) eYcx+BJ  
70–79 Male 8.22 9.85 8.70 8.75 (6.38, 11.1) lXPn]iLJ  
Female 7.21 7.86 7.02 7.41 (5.36, 9.46) vLS9V/o  
80–89 Male 25.0 30.0 14.3 26.2 (17.0, 35.4) DrEtnt   
Female 27.9 25.6 18.3 26.7 (20.2, 33.3) &tgvE6/V  
90 + Male 0.00 16.7 66.7 9.19 (0.00, 21.5) P\ s+2/  
Female 58.3 100.0 26.9 63.1 (44.4, 81.8) Qwa"AY 5pW  
Age-standardized O0{  
(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) }}1/Ede{5  
Figure 2. Visual acuity in eyes that had undergone cataract NNE,| :  
surgery, n = 249. h, Presenting; j, best-corrected. w Y. g- 3  
Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia 81 +zdkdS,2<  
The weighted prevalence of prior cataract surgery in the 5lxq-E3  
Visual Impairment Project (3.6%) was similar to the crude 5tU"|10m3  
rate in the Beaver Dam Eye Study4 (3.1%), but less than the 12PE{Mut  
crude rate in the Blue Mountains Eye Study6 (6.0%). 3=l-jGJk  
However, the age-standardized rate in the Blue Mountains \r%Vgne-g  
Eye Study (standardized to the age distribution of the urban 6h_k`z  
Visual Impairment Project cohort) was found to be less than NydW9r:T  
the Visual Impairment Project (standardized rate = 1.36%, Zax]i,Bx  
95% CL 1.25, 1.47). The incidence of cataract surgery in $l;tP  
Australia has exceeded population growth.1 This is due, W79A4l<  
perhaps, to advances in surgical techniques and lens && nO]p`  
implants that have changed the risk–benefit ratio. '%!M>rY,  
The Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable FFeRE{,  
Blindness, sponsored by the World Health Organization, `O=;E`ep  
states that cataract surgical services should be provided that /Tf*d>Yh;  
‘have a high success rate in terms of visual outcome and `/JR}g{O  
improved quality of life’,17 although the ‘high success rate’ is  q3-;}+  
not defined. Population- and clinic-based studies conducted _Q}RElA  
in the United States have demonstrated marked improvement C$RAJ  
in visual acuity following cataract surgery.18–20 We ROt0<^<  
found that 85% of eyes that had undergone cataract extraction =E}%>un  
had visual acuity of 6/12 or better. Previously, we have \m~\,em  
shown that participants with prevalent cataract in this UE,~_hp  
cohort are more likely to express dissatisfaction with their 8P<UO  
current vision than participants without cataract or participants 88np/jvC{  
with prior cataract surgery.21 In a national study in the h>^jq{yu  
United States, researchers found that the change in patients’ K?Xo3W%K  
ratings of their vision difficulties and satisfaction with their P$6f+{  
vision after cataract surgery were more highly related to &X]=Q pl  
their change in visual functioning score than to their change x:n9dm  
in visual acuity.19 Furthermore, improvement in visual function kJvy<(iG  
has been shown to be associated with improvement in #1jtprc  
overall quality of life.22 K* _{Rs0P  
A recent review found that the incidence of visually Ef_F#X0#  
significant posterior capsule opacification following _Xk03\n6  
cataract surgery to be greater than 25%.23 We found 36% V^Mf4!A(y  
capsulotomy in our population and that this was associated }[KDE{,V  
with visual acuity similar to that of eyes with a clear JhhU g  
capsule, but significantly better than that of eyes with an 38*'8=Y#>  
opaque capsule. TJyH/ C  
A number of studies have shown that the demand and N o_$!)J.  
timing of cataract surgery vary according to visual acuity, /Oq )3fU e  
degree of handicap and socioeconomic factors.8–10,24,25 We #7-kL7 MK]  
have also shown previously that ophthalmologists are more k%Ma4_Z  
likely to refer a patient for cataract surgery if the patient is * w'q  
employed and less likely to refer a nursing home resident.7 xs2,t*  
In the Visual Impairment Project, we did not find that any |5}rX!wS4  
particular subgroup of the population was at greater risk of RV0>-@/x  
having unoperated cataract. Universal access to health care .g/ARwM}  
in Australia may explain the fact that people without YM #  
Medicare are more likely to delay cataract operations in the l)tTg+:  
USA,8 but not having private health insurance is not associated e5qrQwU  
with unoperated cataract in Australia. =_$XP   
In summary, cataract is a significant public health problem la G$v-r  
in that one in four people in their 80s will have had cataract #dva0%-1  
surgery. The importance of age-related cataract surgery will Fb<n0[m  
increase further with the ageing of the population: the I! h(`  
number of people over age 60 years is expected to double in U}tl_5%)  
the next 20 years. Cataract surgery services are well 0K=Qf69Y  
accessed by the Victorian population and the visual outcomes F^ I\X  
of cataract surgery have been shown to be very good. ! (2-(LgA  
These data can be used to plan for age-related cataract Z~r[;={,  
surgical services in Australia in the future as the need for  Jt##rVN  
cataract extractions increases. BQyvj\uJ  
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ze-MAt  
The Visual Impairment Project was funded in part by grants 7cIC&(h5  
from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, the v#RW{kI  
National Health and Medical Research Council, the Ansell /h/6&R0l  
Ophthalmology Foundation, the Dorothy Edols Estate and ;*y|8od B  
the Jack Brockhoff Foundation. Dr McCarty is the recipient 'Pf_5q  
of a Wagstaff Fellowship in Ophthalmology from the Royal =kd YN 5R  
Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. o[o:A|n  
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