Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Sikap Pasien Katarak Terhadap Katarak dan Operasi Katarak di Rumah Sakit Mata Prima Vision

Abstract

Latar belakang: Katarak merupakan kelainan mata yang terjadi akibat adanya perubahan lensa yang jernih sehingga menjadi keruh. Katarak merupakan salah satu penyebab kebutaan di dunia. Prevalensi katarak di Indonesia menurut hasil pemeriksaan petugas enumerator dalam Riskesdas 2013 adalah sebesar 1,8%, tertinggi di Provinsi Sulawesi Utara sebesar 3,7% dan terendah di DKI Jakarta sebesar 0,9%. Sedangkan prevalensi katarak di provinsi Sumatera Utara 1,4%. Katarak hanya dapat disembuhkan dengan tindakan operasi, namun sebagian besar penduduk dengan katarak di Indonesia belum menjalani operasi katarak karena faktor ketidaktahuan penderita mengenai penyakit katarak yang dideritanya dan mereka tidak tahu bahwa buta katarak bisa dioperasi/ direhabilitasi. Alasan kedua terbanyak penderita katarak belum dioperasi adalah karena tidak dapat membiayai operasinya. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap pasien katarak katarak dan operasi katarak di Rumah Sakit Mata Prima Vision. Metode: Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif dengan desain cross sectional. Sampel dalam penelitian ini diambil dengan teknik coonsecutive sampling, dihitung menggunakan rumus dan dipilih secara acak sebanyak 46 sampel. Hasil: Dari jumlah responden sebanyak 46 orang diperoleh tingkat pengetahuan terhadap katarak dan operasi katarak baik sebanyak 56,5% dan tingkat sikap terhadap katarak dan operasi katarak baik sebanyak 69,6%. Kesimpulan: Didapati tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap terhadap katarak dan operasi katarak termasuk kategori baik.

Background: Cataracts are eye disorders that occur due to changes in clear lenses that become cloudy. Cataract is one of the causes of blindness in the world. The prevalence of cataracts in Indonesia according to the results of examination of enumerator officers in Riskesdas 2013 was 1.8%, the highest in North Sulawesi Province at 3.7% and the lowest in DKI Jakarta at 0.9%. While the prevalence of cataracts in North Sumatra province is 1.4%.Cataracts can only be cured by surgery, but most of the population with cataracts in Indonesia have not yet undergone cataract surgery because of the ignorance of the sufferers regarding cataracts and they do not know that cataract blindness can be operated / rehabilitated. The second biggest reason for cataract patients who have not been operated on is because they cannot finance their operations. Objectives: This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes toward cataract surgery in cataract patients at Rumah Sakit Mata Prima Vision. Method: This research was descriptive with cross sectional design. The sample in this study was taken by consecutive sampling technique, calculated using a formula and randomly selected as many as 46 samples. Result: From the number of respondents as many as 46 people obtained a level of knowledge of cataracts and good cataract surgery as much as 56.5% and the level of attitudes towards cataracts and good cataract surgery were 69.6%. Conclusion: It was found that the level of knowledge and attitudes towards cataracts and cataract surgery included good categories.