Improving health worldwide www.iceh.org.uk www.lshtm.ac.uk Calculation of CSR and CSC and visual acuity thresholds Improving health worldwide www.iceh.org.uk www.lshtm.ac.uk IAPB 9GA Hyderabad 2012 G V S Murthy
Improving health worldwide
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Calculation of CSR and CSC and visual acuity thresholds
Improving health worldwide
www.iceh.org.uk www.lshtm.ac.uk
IAPB 9GA Hyderabad 2012
G V S Murthy
Improving health worldwide
www.iceh.org.uk www.lshtm.ac.uk
Reader,
International Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Director, Indian Institute of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India, Hyderabad
Institutional Affiliation
Acknowledgements
• Dr Hans Limburg
• Dr B R Shamanna
Their inputs were critical to this presentation
Characteristics• Cataract Surgical Rate (CSR) uses the
population as the denominator
• Cataract Surgical Coverage (CSC) uses operated persons in the community as the denominator.
• Both can be used in conjunction to compare performance and pending workload at regional/ national level.
Cataract Surgical Rate (CSR)
Number of cataract operations (eyes) conducted per million population per year
• Indicator for output on cataract intervention• Denominator is total population while cataract occurs
mainly in people 50+• Who is operated? (age, sex, 1st or 2nd eye, VA?)• Depends on accuracy of data collection• Risk of over- or under-reporting
What data is needed to calculate CSR?
• Population of administrative area
• Quantum of cataract surgeries (operated eyes)
• Time period when above events occur – i.e.
specific year
• Usually obtained from secondary data sources.
Cataract Surgical Rate
No. of Cataract Surgeries/ Year x 106
Population in Defined Area
Cataract Surgeries refers to Operated Eyes
Cataract Surgical Coverage (CSC)
Objective:• coverage indicator • measures accessibility & utilization of services• measures actual community level situation • independent of reporting system
Assumption:- VA at time of surgery not known: use VA threshold
conforming to surgical practice in survey area
Cataract Surgical coverage
Sources of Data:
– Surveys
– RACSS/RAAB
What data is needed to calculate CSC?
• No. of cataract blind/visually impaired
• Quantum of cataract surgeries (eyes/persons)
• Time period when above events occur – i.e. specific
year
• Valid data generally possible only from primary sources
in LMIC . i.e. RAAB
Defining CSC• Can be calculated at person level or operated eye level
• Can be calculated at different visual acuity levels (based on a country’s needs/ surgical practices)
– VA<3/60: cataract blind eye or person– VA<6/60: severely visually impaired cataract eye or
person– VA<6/18: visually impaired cataract eye or person
Calculating CSC
CSC eyes: (a/a+b) x 100Where:a = no. (pseudo)aphakic eyesb = no. eyes with operable cataract (BCVA<3/60; <6/60; <6/18)
CSC persons: (x + y/x + y + z) x 100Where:x = persons with bilateral (pseudo)aphakiay = persons with 1 (pseudo)aphakic and 1 operable cataractz = persons with bilateral operable cataract (BCVA<3/60; <6/60; <6/18)
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