Abstract
Background Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in developing countries including Malaysia. Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) and Ministry of Health, Malaysia (MOH) have established a cataract day care centre called Pusat Pembedahan Katarak, MAIWP- Hospital Selayang (MAIWP- Selayang Hospital Cataract Surgery Centre) to offer a day care cataract surgery with the aim reduce the waiting list among patients plan for cataract operation at the MOH referral hospital in Klang Valley. This smart partnership enables more patients to undergo cataract surgery with a lesser waiting period irrespective of their religious belief. Objective This paper aims to estimate the cataract surgery rate (CSR) of Pusat Pembedahan Katarak, MAIWP- Hospital Selayang (Cataract Operation Centre) from 2013 to 2016 and descriptive assessments of the patients who received eye treatments in the centre. Methods All cataract patients who underwent for operations in Selayang Hospital were requested to complete the “Registration Form,” that consist of the these information namely name, sex, age, home address, cataract classification, detailed ophthalmological exam information (such as naked eyesight, optometry, tonometry, etc.), cataract surgeon, surgical management, intraocular lens (IOL) implantation or not, operation cost origin, operation outcome (mainly 1st–3rd postoperative day corrected visual acuity (VA), etc. Cataract surgery data are entered into the local Eye Clinic Management System (ECMS) which synchronises with National Eye Database (NED) at regular intervals. Results Cataract surgery rate for 2013 was about 27 and increased to 37.3 in 2014. However, it was declined to 25 in 2015 before bouncing back to 36 in year of 2016. Female patients who received eye treatment at Pusat Pembedahan Katarak, MAIWP- Hospital Selayang was higher (53.7%) as compared to male patients (46.3%). Mean duration of cataract surgery from 2013 to 2016 was 21.25 ± 11.071 minutes. Conclusions Increased in cataract surgery rate for MAIWP-HS through smart partnership for day care cataract surgery proved that easy accessibility is possible to achieve the short and long-term strategies for the reduction and prevention of blindness in Malaysia.