Interventions for Cataract

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Age Cohort: 60+ years
Health Promotion Disease Prevention Diagnostic Curative Rehabilitative Palliative
Community Level
  • Community awareness on healthy life style including smoking cessation and avoidance of ocular sun exposure
  • Recognition of cataract signs and symptoms
  • Referral for additional producers
Primary Care
  • Optimization of chronic conditions (blood sugar, blood pressure, etc.)
  • Recognition of cataract signs and symptoms
  • Referral for additional producers
Referral Facility: General
  • Optimization of chronic conditions (blood sugar, blood pressure, etc.)
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Ophthalmic examination
  • Refractive glasses and pupillary dilatation
  • Surgical cataract removal with intraocular lens implantation
Referral Facility: Specialist
  • Optimization of chronic conditions (blood sugar, blood pressure, etc.)
  • Intraocular pressure
  • Direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy
  • Fundoscopy
  • Peripheral Retinal Assessment
  • Macular function test
  • Ultrasound scan
  • B-scan
  • Blood glucose levels
  • Refractive glasses and pupillary dilatation
  • Surgical cataract removal with intraocular lens implantation