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Dear Editor, This is an appendix of previously published paper: Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Kurdistan, Iran.[1]
Of the 3465 eligible persons who were invited to Kurdistan Rapid Assessment of Available Blindness-Diabetic Retinopathy (RAAB-DR) study, 3203 participated
Information about barriers of surgery was obtained in 40 participants with bilateral visual acuity (VA) < 6/60 (18 males and 23 females) and 111 participants with unilateral VA < 6/60 due to cataract
Summary
Dear Editor, This is an appendix of previously published paper: Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Kurdistan, Iran.[1]. Despite a widely distributed access to cataract surgery in Iran, we face populations in remote and marginal areas who have been left behind and/or are unaware of the need for surgery.[2,3,4,5] This report assesses surgical coverage and visual outcome of cataract surgery and the selfreported barriers of surgery among subjects aged 50 years or more in Kurdistan Province of Iran. Cataract surgery coverage was 90% in males and 89% in females (P = 0.91).
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