Quality of life assessment for nuclear, cortical, posterior subcapsular patients before and after cataract surgery / Evaluación de la calidad de vida de pacientes nucleares, corticales y subcapsulares posteriores antes y después de la cirugía de cataratas
The impact of visual outcomes of cataractsurgery can be measured using a questionnaire. The aim of our study was to evaluate how patientquality of life changes after cataractsurgery and if there are differences between the responses of patients with nuclear, cortical, and posterior subcapsular cataracts, which has not been studied before.
Method:
We studied 210 cataractpatientswho were divided into 3 cataract groups based on their cataract type nuclear (n = 80), cortical (n = 70), and posterior subcapsular (PSC) (n = 60). The patients completed the Visual Function Index (VF-14) questionnaire before, 2 weeks and 1 month after bilateral cataractsurgery. The results were analysed using one-way ANOVA (significance level 5 %) and were compared over time and between the cataract groups.
At the 1 month follow-up, there were no statistically significant differences in questionnaire scores between the cataract groups for any of the questions. Overall, cortical cataractpatients showed a trend to experience the greatest subjective improvement in quality of life after cataract removal, followed by nuclear and posterior subcapsular patients.(AU)