Cataract surgical coverage and self-reported barriers to cataract surgery in a rural Myanmar population.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the cataract surgical coverage and investigate the barriers to cataract surgery as reported by those with cataract-induced visual impairment in rural Myanmar.

Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based survey of inhabitants 40 years of age and over from villages in the Meiktila District (central Myanmar); 2481 eligible participants were identified and 2076 participated. Data recording included corrected visual acuity, dilated slit lamp examination and stereoscopic fundus examination.

Prevalence of trachoma-related trichiasis and corneal opacity in rural Myanmar: the Meiktila Eye Study.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis and corneal opacity (CO) within central Myanmar.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional ophthalmic survey.

Participants: Random, stratified, cluster sampling of the inhabitants > or =40 years of age from villages in the Meiktila District was performed; 2481 eligible participants were identified and 2076 participated in the study.