title: [Impact factor of timeliness lag for seeing a doctor about cataract patient in Wenzhou region of Zhejiang province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigation the impact factor of timeliness lag about cataract patient of operation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Through Opportunistic Screening , from January 2007 to January 2012, we extracted people aged 50 or above and carried out the cataract screening in 10 towns of Wenzhou region of Zhejiang province. People extracted was checked by slit lamp microscope and ophthalmoscope directly, and the people who are suit for operation were brought to a first-rate of level three eye hospital and operated by MSICS . At the same time we have made questionnaire about five aspect including basic situation, economic status, basic life status, health and medical status and health needs for the operator and this questionnaire involves twenty-three relevant indexes about the timeliness, these factors of timeliness for patients seeing a doctor are judged.
  
  
  RESULTS
  36 681 people are checked for five years and 10 326 people(10 326 eyes) are suitable for surgery. Through analyzing sixteen relevant indexes about the timeliness , there are ten indexes which have Statistical Significance including in transportation, the distance for nearest medical aid post , care knowledge, population of family, income of family, respondents degree , the highest degree of family members type of work, structure of building, government subsidies. The first reason that the people can't be operated in time are economic difficulties, next are older and making children trouble for seven factors of no operation in time. The people for this three reason is more than 75% for not seeing a doctor in time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The key work of blindness prevention and treatment is the cataract surgery for our country.Eye doctors pay attention to new surgical technique , at the same time we should promote MSICS which is technique of low cost and have good effect of the operation.
authors.affiliation: Affiliated First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Affiliated First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
authors.forename: Zuo-kai
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Affiliated First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
authors.forename: Fen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Affiliated First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
authors.forename: Xue-bo
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Affiliated First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
authors.forename: Hong-li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Affiliated First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China; 325027 Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Email:wqm3@mail.eye.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Qin-mei
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors