Prevalence of Cataracts in Adults in Kawiley Village, Kauditan District North Sulawesi

Abstract

The sense of sight or eyes is an important part of the human body system so that people can carry out daily life activities optimally. Disturbances in the sense of sight will reduce a person's quality of life. One of the eye disorders is clouding of the eye lens which is called cataract. Cataract is a degenerative disease that is influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors include age, gender and genetic factors, while extrinsic factors that influence include education, work and environmental factors in relation to exposure to ultraviolet light. The prevalence of cataracts is quite high in the elderly population and is one of the most common causes of blindness in Indonesia. Cataracts cause the highest rate of blindness at around 81%. A survey in 15 provinces, namely in West Sumatra, North Sumatra, South Sumatra, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Kalimantan, Bali, NTT, NTB, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua with a target population over the age of 50 years, it is known that the blindness rate reaches 3 percent. This research aims to determine the prevalence of cataracts in adults in Kawiley village. The research method is to examine the respondents' eyes using opthalmoscope without using midriatic agents. The data currently obtained consists of 21 men and 28 women, with an average age of 66.7 years. Left ocular examination (OS) revealed 21 cataracts and 11 post cataracts with an intra-ocular lens (IOL). In the dextra oculi (OD) there were 20 respondents have cataracts, 11 post cataracts with IOL. Respondents with eyes that did not have cataracts were 17 in OS and 18 in OD, so that the total number of respondents with eyes that had cataracts was 32 (65%) respondents for OS and 31 (64%) respondents for OD. Based on gender, there were 14 (44%) men and 18 (56%) women with cataracts.