?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Role+of+Outreach+Camps+in+Reducing+the+Burden+of+Cataracts+in+South+India&rft.creator=Nayak%2C+RR&rft.creator=Kamath%2C+AR&rft.creator=Nayak%2C+MA&rft.creator=Kamath%2C+GM&rft.creator=Kamath%2C+MM&rft.creator=D'Souza%2C+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Aim%3A+To+establish+the+efficacy+of+rural+outreach+programme+in+reducing+blindness+caused+by+cataract+by+comparative+analysis+of+visual+outcome.+Materials+and+Methods%3A+Records+of+patients+attending+outreach+camps+conducted+during+10+years+i.e.%2C+2001-02+to+2010-11+were+studied.+The+total+number+of+patients+attending+the+camp+and+those+who+were+detected+to+have+visually+significant+cataract+were+noted.+Similarly%2C+the+number+of+patients+attending+the+outpatient+department+of+the+department+of+Ophthalmology+and+the+number+detected+with+visually+significant+cataract+were+noted.+Data+was+tabulated+and+analyzed.+Result%3A+Out+of+1%2C+16%2C615+patients+visiting+the+outpatient+department+during+those+ten+years%2C+3%2C014+were+detected+to+have+cataract+(2.58%25).+744+camps+were+conducted+during+the+period+of+ten+years%2C+screening+60%2C086+patients+and+6711+(11.17%25)+of+them+were+detected+to+have+cataract+and+were+operated.+These+results+were+statistically+significant.+Conclusions%3A+High+numbers+of+cataracts+were+detected+in+the+rural+parts+of+South+India+with+the+help+of+outreach+camps%2C+while+compared+to+tertiary+care+centres.+They+were+given+treatment+in+the+form+of+cataract+extraction+and+implantation+of+intraocular+lens.+Hence%2C+conducting+outreach+camps+forms+an+integral+part+in+decreasing+the+visual+morbidity+due+to+cataract.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2014-05-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9731%2F1%2F2014-1-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nayak%2C+RR+and+Kamath%2C+AR+and+Nayak%2C+MA+and+Kamath%2C+GM+and+Kamath%2C+MM+and+D'Souza%2C+S++(2014)+Role+of+Outreach+Camps+in+Reducing+the+Burden+of+Cataracts+in+South+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9731%2F