Abstract

PEREZ GONZALEZ, Henry; GARCIA CONCHA, Yanet; ZOZAYA ALDANA, Beatriz  and  CORRALES NEGRIN, Yusleydi. Clinical-epidemiologic behavior of the senile cataract in Gran Caracas. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2011, vol.24, n.1, pp. 55-63. ISSN 0864-2176.

OBJECTIVES: To characterize the clinical-epidemiological behavior of senile cataract in the "Gato Negro: health area in Gran Caracas, Venezuela, from July to September, 2007. METHODS: A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted. The universe included the total of patients aged 60 or more (478) and the sample included 182 diagnosed with senile cataract, who underwent a total ocular examination and the previous informed consent. RESULTS: The total of study patients (48.3 %) was in the 70-79 years age group. The 79.1 % had cataract and the 6.6 % with a visual acuity less than 0.1, which accounted for a blindness of 2.51 %. The main causes hindered the cataract's surgery were analyzed in these patients where the 34.6 % had no time to be operated on and the 20.3 % knew the presence of the disease. CONCLUSIONS: The senile cataract is more frequent in patients aged between 70 and 79. It is present mainly in a bilateral way and it is related to a deterioration of the visual acuity.

Keywords : Senile cataract; diagnosis; epidemiology.

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