Table 2.
Practices of ophthalmologists and cataract surgeons
| Variable |
All (N = 17) |
Ophthalmologists (N = 6) |
NPCS (N = 11) |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | n | ||||||
| Cataract surgeries during training, mean, SD and range (R) |
105 |
SD 39 R 65-200 |
133 |
SD 44 R 76-200 |
90 |
SD 28 R 65-160 |
0.03† |
|
| Years worked as a surgeon, mean, SD and Range (R) |
3.4 |
SD 2.8 R 0.9–10 |
5.2 |
SD 4.2 R 1.4–10 |
2.5 |
SD 1.1 R 0.9–4.3 |
0.4† |
|
| Number of days performing cataract surgery/week: median (range) |
1.5 |
(0–3) |
2 |
(1–3) |
1 |
(0–2) |
0.05† |
|
| Number of surgeries performed/day: median (range) |
5 |
(0–20) |
8.5 |
(2–20) |
4.5 |
(0–15) |
_ |
|
| Working eye unit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5* |
|
| |
Government eye unit |
14 |
(82.4%) |
4 |
(66.7%) |
10 |
(90.9%) |
|
| Private/ NGO |
3 |
(17.6%) |
2 |
(33.3%) |
1 |
(9.1%) |
||
| Visual cut-off point |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.03* |
|
| |
<3/60 |
12 |
(70.6%) |
2 |
(33.3%) |
10 |
(90.9%) |
|
| <6/60 |
2 |
(11.8%) |
1 |
(16.7%) |
1 |
(9.1%) |
||
| <6/36 |
2 |
(11.8%) |
2 |
(33.3%) |
0 |
(0%) |
||
| According to demand |
1 |
(5.9%) |
1 |
(16.7%) |
0 |
(0%) |
||
| Type of surgeryŦ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.009* |
|
| |
ECCE + PCIOL |
8 |
(47.1%) |
0 |
(0%) |
8 |
(72.7%) |
|
| |
MSICS |
9 |
(52.9%) |
6 |
(100%) |
3 |
(27.3%) |
|
| Performing outreach |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.03* |
|
| |
No |
12 |
(70.6%) |
2 |
(33.3%) |
10 |
(90.9%) |
|
| |
Yes |
5 |
(29.4%) |
4 |
(66.7%) |
1 |
(9.1%) |
|
| Satisfied by work environment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.3* | |
| |
No |
7 |
(41.2%) |
1 |
(16.7%) |
6 |
(54.6%) |
|
| Yes | 10 | (58.8%) | 5 | (83.3%) | 5 | (45.6%) | ||
† Wilcoxon rank-sum test, *Fisher’s exact test.
Ŧ Cataract surgeons (NPCS) are trained in ECCE + PCIOL surgery.