Determination on the Success of Cataract Surgeries by Using Sight Restoration Rate (SRR)

Angelo Doniho (Departemen Mata, Fakultas Kedokteran UNIKA Atma Jaya, Jl. Pluit Selatan Raya No.19, Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara, DKI Jakarta 14440, Indonesia)
Angela Shinta Dewi Amita (Departemen Mata, Fakultas Kedokteran UNIKA Atma Jaya, Jl. Pluit Selatan Raya No.19, Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara, DKI Jakarta 14440, Indonesia)
Cisca Kuswidyati (Departemen Mata, Fakultas Kedokteran UNIKA Atma Jaya, Jl. Pluit Selatan Raya No.19, Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara, DKI Jakarta 14440, Indonesia)
Devina Permatasari (Departemen Mata, Fakultas Kedokteran UNIKA Atma Jaya, Jl. Pluit Selatan Raya No.19, Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara, DKI Jakarta 14440, Indonesia)
Andrew Adiguna Halim (Department of Health Science, The University of Canterbury, 20 Kirkwood Ave, Upper Riccar-ton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand)

Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (Indonesian Journal of Community Engagement)
Vol 5, No 1 (2019): April

The prevalence of blindness in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) reaches 1.0% and the ratio of blindness to ophthalmologist reaches 1:8000. This data means NTT is a place which has vision issues. Blindness is caused by cataract. Untreated cataracts can reduce the productivity of patients and his/her caretaker for quite a long time. Cataract surgery will not only cure the patient’s blindness, but it will also improve the local economy if it is sustainable and on time. Lack of human resources, funds, and medical equipment are the major problems for performing cataract surgery in this area. The cataract surgery is performed at Elisabeth Lela Hospital. Visual acuity is performed before the surgery and 21-35 days after the surgery. The last step is calculating the Sight Restoration Rate (SRR) of all patients. Cataract surgery was conducted to 92 eyes. the SRR of all patients is 46.7%. There are four eyes (4.34%) with post-operative visual acuity <3/60.