Table 2 Practices of ophthalmologists and cataract surgeons
From: Cataract surgery in Southern Ethiopia: distribution, rates and determinants of service provision
Variable | All (N = 17) | Ophthalmologists (N = 6) | NPCS (N = 11) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | ||||||
Cataract surgeries during training, mean, SD and range (R) | 105 | SD 39 R 65-200 | 133 | SD 44 R 76-200 | 90 | SD 28 R 65-160 | 0.03† | |
Years worked as a surgeon, mean, SD and Range (R) | 3.4 | SD 2.8 R 0.9–10 | 5.2 | SD 4.2 R 1.4–10 | 2.5 | SD 1.1 R 0.9–4.3 | 0.4† | |
Number of days performing cataract surgery/week: median (range) | 1.5 | (0–3) | 2 | (1–3) | 1 | (0–2) | 0.05† | |
Number of surgeries performed/day: median (range) | 5 | (0–20) | 8.5 | (2–20) | 4.5 | (0–15) | _ | |
Working eye unit | 0.5* | |||||||
Government eye unit | 14 | (82.4%) | 4 | (66.7%) | 10 | (90.9%) | ||
Private/ NGO | 3 | (17.6%) | 2 | (33.3%) | 1 | (9.1%) | ||
Visual cut-off point | 0.03* | |||||||
<3/60 | 12 | (70.6%) | 2 | (33.3%) | 10 | (90.9%) | ||
<6/60 | 2 | (11.8%) | 1 | (16.7%) | 1 | (9.1%) | ||
<6/36 | 2 | (11.8%) | 2 | (33.3%) | 0 | (0%) | ||
According to demand | 1 | (5.9%) | 1 | (16.7%) | 0 | (0%) | ||
Type of surgeryŦ | 0.009* | |||||||
ECCE + PCIOL | 8 | (47.1%) | 0 | (0%) | 8 | (72.7%) | ||
MSICS | 9 | (52.9%) | 6 | (100%) | 3 | (27.3%) | ||
Performing outreach | 0.03* | |||||||
No | 12 | (70.6%) | 2 | (33.3%) | 10 | (90.9%) | ||
Yes | 5 | (29.4%) | 4 | (66.7%) | 1 | (9.1%) | ||
Satisfied by work environment | 0.3* | |||||||
No | 7 | (41.2%) | 1 | (16.7%) | 6 | (54.6%) | ||
Yes | 10 | (58.8%) | 5 | (83.3%) | 5 | (45.6%) | ||