PREVALENCE OF AGE-RELATED CATARACT AND CATARACT SURGERY IN A SAUDI ARABIAN ADULT POPULATION: PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN NASSER HOSPITAL EYE STUDY (JAZAN).

Introduction: Nowadays, world is suffering from the visual impairment with its primary cause as the age-related cataract. It is more prevalent in China which is most populous country of the world (Brian & Taylor, 2001). But still, it is on the rise in the developed country like Saudi Arabia too Methods: Study Design and Procedures: For Prince Mohammed bin Nasser Hospital Eye Study, we conducted a baseline assessment related to the ophthalmology from April 2015 to February 2016. We also followed the random sampling method while creating a sampling frame with the help of geographically demarcated clusters. The sample size was 500 people which were aged 45 years or above. The recruitment material was handed over to all the targeted communities three to seven days before the survey. Every survey participant was self-identified and the research considered all the ethical considerations related to the identities of respondents. The generic consent of all the survey respondents was taken before going ahead with the study. Results and Discussion: Out of the 500 respondents, 496 (response rate, 99.2%) carried out the eye examinations. Considering the data, the mean age of the survey respondents was 63.74 +/ 11.289 (median 62; age range 22-96 years); There was higher count of males with male-to-female ratio as 292:204. Here, p-value was 0.341 which is greater than 0.05 Conclusion:The chi-square test is not significant and the results are not occurring by chance. Moreover, there was further age and sex based studies for the types of cataracts.