FAKTOR RESIKO KATARAK DI POLI MATA RSUD MEURAXA TAHUN 2018

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Abstract: Cataracts are eye diseases that are characterized by turbidity in the eye lens, which interferes with theentry of light into the eye. Cataract in general is a diseases in older people, but it can also be found in newborns andyoung people. Many factors influence the occurrence of cataracts, such as using steroids for a long time, congenitalabnormalities, metabolic and hormonal disorders, chronic exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, and complications ofdiabetes mellitus. Research Purposes: to find out the Risk Factors of Cataracts at Poli Mata Rumah Sakit UmumDaerah Meuraxa Banda. Method: this research is a descriptive study with a sample of 63 respondents chosen usingthe total sampling method. Result: the study found that the highest age was the elderly (41.3%), the highest sex ismale (58.7%), cataract patients who have no history of DM (76.2%), based on the visus of the cataract patients mostexperienced severe low vision, namely (57.1%) right eye and (71.4%) left eye and blindness was obtained (50.8%).Conclusion: from the results of this study, it is known that age> 66 years and sex are more dominant risk factors ofcataracts. 

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2019-04-04

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2019): April 2019

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FAKTOR RESIKO KATARAK DI POLI MATA RSUD MEURAXA TAHUN 2018. (2019). Jurnal Aceh Medika, 3(1), 236-243. https://jurnal.abulyatama.ac.id/index.php/acehmedika/article/view/2687