Spectacle Coverage Rate After Cataract Surgery in an Urban Area in Indonesia

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Table 1 Visual Acuity Outcomes After Cataract Surgery

Visual Acuity	IOL		No IOL		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
PVA
6/18 or better	167	69	0	0	167	66
6/60	44	18	1	9	45	18
<6/60	30	13	10	91	40	16
BVA
6/18 or better	186	77	1	9	187	74
6/60	33	14	4	36	37	15
<6/60	22	9	6	55	28	11

Abbreviations: BVA, best visual acuity; IOL, intraocular lens; PVA, presenting visual acuity.

Table 2 Demographic Characteristics of Subjects

	Met Need
	n	%
Age
50–54	2	3.8
55–59	3	5.6
60–64	8	15.1
65–69	9	17
70–74	20	37.7
>75	11	20.8
Sex
Male	18	34
Female	35	66
Education level
Higher education	8	15.1
High school	12	22.6
Middle school	13	24.5
Primary school	9	17
No formal education	11	20.8
Occupation
Employed	13	24.6
Unemployed	40	75.4

Table 3 Bivariate Analysis of Spectacle Coverage Group with Socioeconomic and Confounding Variables

	Met Need		Unmet Need		SCR	p value
	n	%	n	%	%
Age
Productive	5	13.5	8	50	38.5	0.012^b
Nonproductive	32	86.5	8	50	80
Sex
Male	12	32.4	6	37.5	66.7	0.721^a
Female	25	67.6	10	62.5	71.4
Education
High	7	19	1	6.3	87.5	0.046^a
Average	20	54	5	31.2	80
Low	10	27	10	62.5	50
Occupation
Employed	7	19	6	37.5	50	0.177^b
Unemployed	30	81	10	62.5	68.6
Household income level
1st quintile	8	21.6	10	62.5	44.4	0.012^a
2nd quintile	14	37.8	4	25	77.7
3rd quintile	15	40.6	2	12.5	88.2
Insurance ownership
Yes	36	97.3	15	93.7	70.6	0.517^b
No	1	2.7	1	6.3	50.0
Physician information
Informed	34	91.9	8	50	80.9	0.001^b
Not informed	3	8.1	8	50	27.3
Place of surgery
Hospital	37	100	13	81.3	74	0.024^b
Social charity	0	0	3	8.7	0

Note: ^achi squared test, ^bFisher’s exact test.

Abbreviation: SCR, spectacle coverage rate.

Table 4 Distribution of Spectacles Prescription Status and Presenting Visual Acuity

	PVA			Total
	6/12	6/18	6/60	N	%
Spectacle prescription status
Prescribed and dispensed	33	3	0	36	67.9
Prescribed, but not dispensed	0	6	0	6	11.4
Not prescribed	4	5	2	11	20.7
Spectacle wear status
Nonwearer	0	10	2	12	22.6
Wearer	37	4	0	41	77.4

Table 5 Multivariate Analysis of Factors Predictive of “Met Need”

	P	OR	95% CI
			Lower	Upper
Physician’s recommendation	0.006	25.99	2.59	260.10
Age	0.049	7.78	1.01	59.93
Household income levels	0.035	4.39	1.10	17.47

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio, CI, confidence interval.