Changing patterns of cataract services in North-West Nigeria: 2005-2016

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 8; p. e0183421
• Main Authors: Muhammad, Nasiru, Adamu, Mohammed Dantani, Caleb, Mpyet, Maishanu, Nuhu Mohammed, Jabo, Aliyu Mohammed, Rabiu, Muhammad Mansur, Bascaran, Covadonga, Isiyaku, Sunday, Foster, Allen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 17.08.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acuity; Aged; Annual reports; Biology and Life Sciences; Blindness; Blindness - etiology; Blindness - physiopathology; Care and treatment; Cataract - complications; Cataract - physiopathology; Cataract extraction; Cataract Extraction - economics; Cataract Extraction - utilization; Cataracts; Complications; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dislocations; Eye; Eye (anatomy); Eye lens; Eye surgery; Health Care Costs; Health Services Accessibility; History, 21st Century; Humans; Hygiene; Implantation; Local government; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nigeria - epidemiology; Population studies; Prevalence; Social Sciences; Studies; Surgery; Teaching hospitals; Visual acuity; Visual impairment; Nigeria

This study was conducted to assess the impact of the eye care programme on cataract blindness and cataract surgical services in Sokoto, Nigeria over a 12 year period 2005-2016. Data from the 2005 population based cross-sectional study of blindness in Sokoto state was re-analysed to obtain baseline e...