Prevalence of cataract and factors associated with cataract surgery uptake among older persons in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study from the National Eye Survey II
Nationally-representative evidence is limited on factors affecting uptake of cataract surgery in Malaysia. We found the prevalence of cataract among older persons to be 26.8%. The two most common barriers were `need not felt' (43.5%) and `fear of surgery or poor result' (16.2%). Reluctance...
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Royal Society of Medicine
2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/42073/ |
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