Systemic co-morbidities as a barrier to uptake of cataract surgery in Ibadan, Nigeria

Akinsola Sunday Aina 1 * , A. Ogundipe 2, O. O. Ayorinde 2
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1 Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, Bowen University Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
2 Department of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
* Corresponding Author
J CLIN MED KAZ, Volume 4, Issue 58, pp. 41-44. https://doi.org/10.23950/1812-2892-JCMK-00790
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Background: Barriers to uptake of cataract surgery in a developing country like Nigeria are numerous, most researches focus on patient related factor like financial constraint however this study aims to assess the systemic co-morbidities that act as a barrier to uptake of cataract surgery at University College Hospital Ibadan, Oyo-State, Nigeria so that measures can be put in place to minimize this effect and thereby increase cataract surgery uptake in the centre.
Results: Three hundred and eighty-eight cataract patients participated in the study. The mean age of the patients was 66.6±11.2years with a range of 40 to 90 years. More than half (66.2%) of the study participants had systemic co- morbidities. Poorly controlled systemic hypertension is the most common cause of systemic co-morbidities that constitute significant barrier to uptake of cataract surgery.
Conclusion: There is a need for good and close collaboration between the physicians and the ophthalmologists so as to make management of cataract patients with systemic co-morbidities easier and more efficient at the Eye Outreach Clinic of University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Keywords: systemic co-morbidities, barrier, cataract surgery

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Aina AS, Ogundipe A, Ayorinde OO. Systemic co-morbidities as a barrier to uptake of cataract surgery in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan. 2020;4(58):41-4. https://doi.org/10.23950/1812-2892-JCMK-00790

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