Data from: Changing patterns of cataract services in North-West Nigeria: 2005–2016

Muhammad, N; Adamu, MD; Caleb, M; Maishanu, NM; Jabo, AM; Rabiu, MM; Bascaran, C; Isiyaku, S and Foster, A

(2018). Data from: Changing patterns of cataract services in North-West Nigeria: 2005–2016. [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.13bp2

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This data was part of an all-age blindness prevalence survey conducted in Sokoto state Nigeria in 2005. The data is for persons aged 50 years and over who were examined in Wurno health of Sokoto state. The sample were selected using a stratified sampling strategy. The operational definitions were based on WHO/PBL coding instructions for eye examination record.

Keywords

Cataract blindness; Cataract outcome; Cataract surgical coverage; Cataract surgical rate; Couching

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative
Capture method	Questionnaire
Date	7 August 2018
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Muhammad, N; Adamu, MD; Caleb, M; Maishanu, NM; Jabo, AM; Rabiu, MM; Bascaran, C; Isiyaku, S and Foster, A
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Research Centre	International Centre for Eye Health
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Date Deposited	15 Jun 2021 09:20
Last Modified	24 Mar 2026 11:33
Publisher	Dryad