| Title |
The Impact of Successful Cataract Surgery on Quality of Life, Household Income and Social Status in South India
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0044268 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert P. Finger, David G. Kupitz, Eva Fenwick, Bharath Balasubramaniam, Ramanathan V. Ramani, Frank G. Holz, Clare E. Gilbert |
| Abstract |
To explore the hypothesis that sight restoring cataract surgery provided to impoverished rural communities will improve not only visual acuity and vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) but also poverty and social status. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 132 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 15% |
| Researcher | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 21 | 16% |
| Unknown | 39 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 52 | 39% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 6 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 13 | 10% |
| Unknown | 43 | 33% |