NCT03020056

Impact of Cataract Surgery to Socioeconomic Status in Rural Area

Impact of Cataract Surgery to Socioeconomic Status in Rural Area of Southern China: A Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 292 (actual)
• Sponsor: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of cataract surgery on the socioeconomic status of cataract patients in rural area of Southern China.

Detailed description

Cataract is the leading cause of visual impairment worldwide and surgery is the only effective treatment. Previous studies show that visual impairment impacts the patient's socioeconomic status(SES). However, how cataract surgery affects the SES of cataract patients in rural area of China has not been determined before. In the investigators study, cataract patients in rural area of Southern China will be enrolled and randomly divided into two groups. Cataract surgery will be performed in 4 weeks in intervention group, while performed at 1 year later in control group. The annual personal income by work, annual household income, hours in paid and unpaid work in the previous month, real estate ownership, household expenditures and quality of life will be investigated before and 1 year after surgery. Then, the difference in SES and quality of life change between two groups at 1 year later will be assessed.

Conditions

• Cataract Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Phacolin eye drops	After enrollment, the participants will be provided antioxidant eye drops, Phacolin (Zhongshan ophthalmic center, China) for free.The eye drops will be administered 4 times per day for 1 year.Then either phacoemulsification or manual small incision cataract surgery will be performed.
PROCEDURE	cataract surgery	After enrollment,either phacoemulsification or manual small incision cataract surgery will be performed within 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-16
• Primary completion: 2018-06-29
• Completion: 2018-06-29
• First posted: 2017-01-13
• Last updated: 2021-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China