Table 2.
Patient-related factors for delayed uptake of cataract surgery among adult patients with operable cataract who attended Mulago National Referral Hospital eye clinic (n=82)
| Factors | Frequency (%) |
DU N=53 (%) |
NDU N=29 (%) |
P=value |
| Financial constraints | ||||
| Constrained | 45 (55) | 37 (70) | 8 (28) | 0.000 * |
| Not Constrained | 37 (45) | 16 (30) | 21 (72) | |
| No transport money | ||||
| Yes | 47 (57) | 37 (70) | 10 (34) | |
| No | 35 (43) | 16 (30) | 19 (66) | 0.003 * |
| Needs not felt | ||||
| Yes | 12 (15) | 3 (6) | 9 (31) | |
| No | 70 (85) | 50 (94) | 20 (69) | 0.005 * |
| Able to see with one eye | ||||
| Yes | 12 (15) | 11 (21) | 1 (3) | |
| No | 70 (85) | 42 (79) | 28 (97) | 0.063 ** |
| Diabetic | ||||
| Yes | 14(17) | 4 (7) | 10 (34) | 0.004 * |
| No | 68(83) | 49 (93) | 19 (66) | |
| Hypertensive | ||||
| Yes | 12(15) | 3 (6) | 9 (31) | 0.005 * |
| No | 70 (85) | 50 (94) | 20 (69) | |
| Visual status | ||||
| Reduced vision-unilateral | 34 (41) | 28 (53) | 6 (21) | |
| Reduced vision-bilateral | 48 (59) | 25 (47) | 23 (79) | 0.006 * |
| Laterality of cataract | ||||
| Bilateral | 55 (67) | 30 (57) | 25 (86) | 0.010 * |
| Unilateral | 27 (33) | 23 (43) | 4 (14) |
*
denotes statistical significance at p-value <0.05 and conf. interval of 95%, DU=Delayed Uptake of cataract surgery, NDU=No Delayed Uptake of cataract surgery
**
p value <0.05 was from Pearson's Chi-square correlation.