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Gerbutavicius R, Merle DA, Wolf A, Dimopoulos S, Kortuem KU, Kortuem FC. User Friendliness and Perioperative Guidance Benefits of a Cataract Surgery Education App: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Form Res 2024; 8:e55742. [PMID: 38551619 PMCID: PMC11015376 DOI: 10.2196/55742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cataract surgeries are among the most performed surgeries worldwide. A thorough patient education is essential to inform patients about the perioperative process and postoperative target results concerning the intraocular lens and objectives for visual outcomes. However, addressing all relevant aspects and questions is time-consuming. Mobile apps can facilitate this process for both patients and physicians and thus be beneficial. However, the success of such an app depends on its user friendliness and acceptance by patients. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the user friendliness and acceptance of a cataract surgery education app on mobile devices among patients undergoing cataract surgery, the characteristics of patients who benefit the most from app use, and the influence of the app on patient satisfaction with treatment. METHODS All patients who underwent cataract surgery at an ophthalmological practice from August 2020 to July 2021 were invited to participate in this randomized controlled trial. Out of 493 invited patients, 297 (60.2%) were enrolled in this study. Patients were randomized into 3 different groups. Half of the patients were offered to participate in Group 1 with use of the "Patient Journey" app. However, if they decided not to use the app, they were included in Group 2 (app denial). The other half of the patients were included in Group 3 (control) with no use of the app and with information provided conventionally. The app provided general information on the ophthalmological center, surgeons, cataract, and treatment options. Different questionnaires were used in all 3 groups to evaluate satisfaction with the perioperative process. Group 1 evaluated the app. Demographic characteristics, such as age, gender, and educational degree, were assessed. RESULTS Group 1 included 77 patients (median age 69 years). Group 2 included 61 patients, and their median age was higher (median age 79 years). Group 3 included 159 patients (median age 74 years). There was no difference in satisfaction with the perioperative process and clinic between the 3 groups. Almost all app users appreciated the digital details provided for the organization and the information on the surgery. Age did not play a major role in appreciation of the app. Female patients tended to appreciate the information provided more than male patients. Patients who did not have a higher university degree experienced more benefits from the informational content of the app and were the most satisfied with the information. However, male patients and academics were in general more aware of technology and handled the app more easily. CONCLUSIONS The app showed high user friendliness and acceptance, and could particularly benefit specific patient groups. App users demonstrated a noninferior high satisfaction with the treatment in the ophthalmological center in comparison with patients who were informed about the surgery only conventionally.
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- Rokas Gerbutavicius
- Department for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- University Eye Hospital, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- University Eye Hospital, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- University Eye Hospital, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Augenarztpraxis Dres. Kortuem, Ludwigsburg, Germany
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Gothwal VK, Muthineni VV, Pesudovs K. Measurement of visual functioning following first and second eye cataract surgery using Vision-Related Activity Limitation Item Bank. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024; 262:857-864. [PMID: 37725146 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-023-06235-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This study aims to compare visual functioning (VF) after first or second eye cataract surgery using the vision-related activity limitation (VRAL) item bank. METHODS This prospective, interventional study included 787 patients (mean age, 58.2 years) with cataract undergoing cataract surgery (first eye surgery with/out ocular comorbidity, second eye surgery with/out ocular comorbidity) at a tertiary eye care center, South India, who were administered the item bank pre- and at 6 weeks postoperatively to assess change in VF. Rasch analysis was used to estimate VF at both time points, and responsiveness to cataract surgery was calculated as effect size (ES) which was interpreted as small (≤ 0.2), moderate (0.3-0.7), and large (≥ 0.8). RESULTS Mean best-corrected logMAR VA in surgical eye improved significantly postoperatively compared to preoperative VA (0.20 ± 0.40 vs. 1.19 ± 0.96; P < 0.0001) across all groups. Patients reported significant and large improvements in VF postoperatively across all groups: largest ES for first eye surgery without comorbidity (1.87 [95% CI, 1.61, 2.13]) and smallest for second eye without ocular comorbidity (1.55 [95% CI, 1.22, 1.88]). Compared to patients undergoing second eye surgery, first eye surgery patients reported significantly lower VF preoperatively (-0.72 ± 2.39 vs. 0.17 ± 2.34 logits; P < 0.0001), and a larger change in VF postoperatively (3.71 ± 2.33 logits vs. 4.27 ± 2.83 vs.; P = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS Cataract surgery resulted in large and significant improvements in VF, regardless of ocular comorbidity and first or second eye surgery. The VRAL item bank is a useful tool to measure responsiveness to cataract surgery.
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- Vijaya K Gothwal
- Brien Holden Eye Research Centre - Patient-Reported Outcomes Unit, L V Prasad Eye Institute, L V Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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- Kallam Anji Reddy Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Vingopoulos F, Kasetty M, Garg I, Silverman RF, Katz R, Vasan RA, Lorch AC, Luo ZK, Miller JB. Active Learning to Characterize the Full Contrast Sensitivity Function in Cataracts. Clin Ophthalmol 2022; 16:3109-3118. [PMID: 36168557 PMCID: PMC9509679 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s367490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background To characterize contrast sensitivity function (CSF) in cataractous and pseudophakic eyes compared to healthy control eyes using a novel quantitative CSF test with active learning algorithms. Methods This is a prospective observational study at an academic medical center. CSF was measured in eyes with visually significant cataract, at least 2+ nuclear sclerosis (NS) and visual acuity (VA) ≥ 20/50, in pseudophakic eyes and in healthy controls with no more than 1+ NS and no visual complaints, using the Manifold Contrast Vision Meter. Outcomes included Area under the Log CSF (AULCSF) and CS thresholds at 1, 1.5, 3, 6, 12, and 18 cycles per degree (cpd). A subgroup analysis as performed on cataract eyes with VA ≥ 20/25. Results A total of 167 eyes were included, 58 eyes in the cataract group, 77 controls, and 32 pseudophakic eyes with respective median AULCSF of 1.053 (0.352) vs 1.228 (0.318) vs 1.256 (0.360). In our multivariate regression model, cataract was associated with significantly reduced AULCSF (P= 0.04, β= −0.11) and contrast threshold at 6 cpd (P= 0.01, β= −0.16) compared to controls. Contrast threshold at 6 cpd was significantly reduced even in the subgroup of cataractous eyes with VA ≥ 20/25 (P=0.02, β=−0.16). Conclusion The novel qCSF test detected disproportionate significant contrast deficits at 6 cpd in cataract eyes; this remained significant even in the cataractous eyes with VA ≥ 20/25. CSF testing may enhance cataract evaluation and surgical decision-making, particularly in patients with subjective visual complaints despite good VA.
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- Filippos Vingopoulos
- Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Cataract Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Cataract Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Cataract Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Correspondence: John B Miller, Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA, USA, Tel +1 617 573-3750, Fax +1 617 573-3698, Email
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Koch CR, Neves GDF, Paredes RS, Siqueira ARAD, Kara N. Impact of cataract surgery on visual acuity and quality of life assessed using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 in a public teaching hospital in Brazil. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE OFTALMOLOGIA 2022. [DOI: 10.37039/1982.8551.20220011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Stuart M, Mooney C, Hrabovsky M, Silvestri G, Stewart S. Surgical planning during a pandemic: Identifying patients at high risk of severe disease or death due to COVID-19 in a cohort of patients on a cataract surgery waiting list. THE ULSTER MEDICAL JOURNAL 2022; 91:19-25. [PMID: 35169334 PMCID: PMC8835415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND The delivery of cataract surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging because of the risk of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection when patients attend hospital for elective care. In order to ascertain the risk to patients awaiting cataract surgery, this study aimed to identify the presence of systemic comorbidities that are associated with a high risk of severe disease or death due to COVID-19. METHODS A prospective study of 315 patients (630 eyes) was conducted from 3rd June to 31st July 2020. An electronic health record was used to identify any systemic comorbidities that would render a patient 'clinically extremely vulnerable' to COVID-19, as outlined by the Department of Health for Northern Ireland. Patient demographics, best-corrected visual acuity (VA) and risk of postoperative anisometropia were also recorded. RESULTS The median age of patients awaiting cataract surgery was 76 years (range 22-97). Of the 315 patients, 72% were aged over 70 and 16% were aged over 85. A systemic comorbidity that would confer high risk status was identified in 21% of patients. This high risk status was attributable to severe respiratory disease, cancer, and immunosuppression therapies in the majority of cases. The high risk group were younger than those deemed non-high risk, but there were no significant differences with respect to gender, anticipated degree of surgical difficulty, VA, or whether the patient was undergoing first or second eye surgery. Of those patients awaiting first eye cataract surgery, the mean VA in the listed eye was 0.84 logMAR and 39% (70/179) had a VA <0.3 logMAR (6/12 Snellen acuity) in their fellow eye. 57% of patients were awaiting first eye surgery, and 32% of those patients would be at risk of symptomatic anisometropia postoperatively. CONCLUSION One-fifth of patients awaiting cataract surgery were found to be at high risk of severe disease or death from COVID-19 and these patients may experience delays in their surgical care. Additional planning is required in order to minimise the morbidity associated with delayed cataract surgery.
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- Mark Stuart
- Department of Ophthalmology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust,School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust,School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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Lee YJ, Yoo YJ, Han SB. Outcomes after Cataract Surgery in High Myopes with Axial Length Differences of ≥2 mm. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2021. [DOI: 10.3341/jkos.2021.62.8.1036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Purpose: To evaluate the visual outcome after cataract operations in high myopia patients, whose axial length differences are longer than 2 mm.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on patients who had received phacoemulsification cataract surgery from January 2014 to June 2020. The patients whose axial lengths and inter-eye axial lengths exceeded 26 and 2 mm, respectively, were selected. Demographic data, axial lengths, central subfield macular thickness, retinal nerve fiber layer, and best-corrected visual acuities (BCVAs) before and at 6 months postoperatively were collected. The factors related to visual outcome were analyzed using univariate, multivariate linear regression.Results: Twelve patients had an inter-eye axial length difference longer than 2 mm. The average axial lengths of longer and shorter eyes were 29.17 ± 1.94 and 26.66 ± 2.51 mm, respectively (p = 0.02, Mann-Whitney U-test). The BCVAs (logarithm of minimal angle of resolution, logMAR) of the longer and shorter eyes before the surgery were 1.09 ± 0.62 and 0.19 ± 0.16, respectively (p = 0.03, Mann-Whitney U-test). The BCVAs (logMAR) of the longer and shorter eyes 6 months after surgery were 0.19 ± 0.16 and 0.08 ± 0.10, respectively (p = 0.11, Mann-Whitney U-test). In univariate linear regression analysis, the BCVAs 6 months after the surgery showed better preoperative BCVAs (p < 0.001) and a thinner central subfield macular thickness (p = 0.001). In multivariate linear regression analysis, the BCVA at 6 months after the surgery showed significant improvement compared with preoperative BCVA values (p < 0.001).Conclusions: High myopia patients whose axial length differences exceeded 2 mm showed improved VA after cataract surgery.
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Marmamula S, Mitchell W, Zebardast N, Locascio J, Barrenkala NR, Kumbham TR, Modepalli SB, Khanna RC, Friedman DS. Impact of Vision Loss on Visual Function Among Elderly Residents in the "Home for the Aged" in India: The Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2020; 9:11. [PMID: 33344055 PMCID: PMC7726582 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.9.13.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to report the association between visual impairment (VI) and self-reported visual difficulty among the elderly in residential care using the Indian Vision Functioning Questionnaire (IND-VFQ-33) psychometrically validated questionnaire. Methods Participants aged ≥ 60 years were recruited from 41 homes in Hyderabad in South India. All participants underwent detailed eye examination and interviews. Self-reported visual function was assessed using the IND-VFQ-33 questionnaire. Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory (IRT) models were used for analysis. Multivariable regression models were used to investigate associations between derived global difficulty scores versus severity and causes of VI. Presenting visual acuity worse than 6/18 in the better eye was considered as VI. Results In total, 867 elderly participants completed the INDVFQ-33. Two latent traits ("daily activities" and "visual symptoms") were identified on factor analysis, each with uniquely loading questions. Participants with VI reported significantly higher daily activities difficulty (6 points higher) and visual symptoms difficulty (1.7 points higher) than those without VI (P < 0.05). Those with cataract reported the highest daily activities and visual symptoms difficulty (7.6 points and 2.2 points higher, respectively, P < 0.05). Greater severity of VI was associated with increased self-reported difficulty for both factors, and for all causes of VI. Conclusions We present a psychometrically validated visual questionnaire particularly suited to older adults in residential homes. We show a significant association between cause/severity of VI and difficulty with daily activities and visual symptoms after adjusting for sociodemographic and medical factors. Translational Relevance Understanding the impact of vision loss on visual functions in the elderly will help in planning and resource allocation for developing early intervention programs for the elderly.
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- Srinivas Marmamula
- Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
- Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology India Alliance, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, MA, USA
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- Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, MA, USA
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Mbeboh SN, Christie SA, Carvalho M, Dickson D, Nana T, Embolo F, Dicker R, Juillard C, Chichom Mefire A. Prevalence, care-seeking practices and impact of self-reported vision impairment in Southwest Cameroon: a community-based study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e041367. [PMID: 33243810 PMCID: PMC7692974 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To establish the prevalence of self-reported vision impairment (VI) in Southwest Cameroon and describe associated care-seeking practices, functional limitations and economic hardships. DESIGN A three-stage clustered sampling household community-based survey. SETTING The Southwest region of Cameroon. PARTICIPANTS 8046 individuals of all ages residing in the Southwest region of Cameroon. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Prevalence of self-reported VI, onset of vision loss, care-seeking practices, diagnosis and treatment, functional limitations, economic hardships on household, beliefs about surgical treatability of blindness and barriers to surgical care. RESULTS The estimated prevalence of self-reported VI in Southwest Cameroon was 0.87% (95% CI 0.62 to 1.21). Among participants aged ≥40 years, the prevalence increased to 2.61% (95% CI 1.74 to 3.90). Less than a quarter of affected participants reported difficulty working (20.5%) or trouble going to school (12.0%) as a result of their VI. Yet, over half (52%, n=43) of affected households experienced significant economic hardships due to the VI. Residing in an urban setting (aOR 1.16, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.30) and belonging to a higher socioeconomic status (aOR 1.13, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.26) were factors associated with the belief that certain types of blindness were surgically reversible. Formal care was not sought by 16.3% (n=8) of affected participants. Cataracts was the leading diagnosis among participants who did seek formal care (43.2%, n=16), although 93.8% of these cases were not surgically treated, primarily due to a lack of perceived need. CONCLUSION The prevalence of individuals who report vision impairment in Southwest Cameroon is considerably lower than prior published estimates based on visual physical examinations. Routine community-level screening and cost financing schemes could improve detection of pre-clinical eye disease and the utilisation of surgical care. It could also pre-empt disability and economic hardships associated with advanced VI in the region.
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- Susan N Mbeboh
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Limbe Regional Hospital, Limbe, Cameroon
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Jain S, Chauhan A, Rajshekar K, Vashist P, Gupta P, Mathur U, Gupta N, Gupta V, Dutta P, Gauba VK. Generic and vision related quality of life associated with different types of cataract surgeries and different types of intraocular lens implantation. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0240036. [PMID: 33007038 PMCID: PMC7531837 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of different types of cataract surgeries and intraocular lenses on generic as well as vision related quality of life of cataract patients, using EQ-5D and IND-VFQ 33 instruments respectively. METHODS An observational, longitudinal study of patients undergoing cataract surgery was carried out at three ophthalmology centres. Patients were prospectively admitted for surgery for age-related cataract. Generic quality of life was assessed by using Euroqol's EQ5D-5L questionnaire and vision related quality of life was assessed by the IND-VFQ-33 questionnaire. Data pertaining to vision function and quality of life were collected pre surgery and 4 weeks after the surgery. RESULTS Out of total patients (n = 814) recruited for the study, 517 patients were interviewed for both pre-surgery and post-surgery for EQ5D and 519 patients were interviewed for both pre-surgery and post-surgery for IND VFQ 33 tool. The combined data from all three centres showed that Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) gains observed in patients undergoing phacoemulsification with foldable lens implantation (2.25 QALY) were significantly higher (0.57 QALY) as compared to Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) with PMMA lens implantation (1.68 QALY). Highest improvement however, in all three subscales of IND-VFQ-33 tool were clearly observed for SICS with PMMA lens implantation. CONCLUSIONS The study has elicited the Health related and vision related Quality of Life scores for cataract surgeries and subsequent lens implantation. This study also offers Health State Utility Values along with visual outcomes for different surgical procedures, lenses and for the combination of surgery with lens implantation for cataract procedures providing a useful resource for future economic evaluation studies.
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- Shalu Jain
- Health Technology Assessment in India, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India
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- Health Technology Assessment in India, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India
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- Health Technology Assessment in India, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India
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- Community Ophthalmology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- National Programme for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, India
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- Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, Daryaganj, New Delhi, India
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- Community Ophthalmology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Community Ophthalmology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, Daryaganj, New Delhi, India
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- Health Technology Assessment in India, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India
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Influence of cataract surgery for the first or second eye on vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) and the predictive factors of VR-QOL improvement. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2020; 64:468-477. [PMID: 32743787 DOI: 10.1007/s10384-020-00762-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess improvements in vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) in patients undergoing their first or second eye cataract surgery, as well as clinical factors related to VR-QOL. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case series. METHODS We examined 282 patients undergoing their first (222) or second (60) eye cataract surgery. VR-QOL was evaluated before and after surgery using the 25-item National Eye Institute visual function questionnaire (VFQ-25), along with the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), uncorrected visual acuity, and the lens opacities classification system III (LOCSIII). The resulting VFQ-25 subscale scores were compared between patients undergoing their first or second eye cataract surgery, including multiple regression analysis. RESULTS The mean VFQ-25 composite score (CS) was 71.5 ± 14.2 before and 84.0 ± 10.2 after the first eye cataract surgery and 73.5 ± 12.7 before and 85.4 ± 10.2 after the second eye cataract surgery. VFQ-25 scores improved significantly, with reduced disparity among patients after surgery in both groups. Preoperative CS was related to the preoperative sum of the BCVA (standardized partial regression coefficient (β) = - 0.254, P < 0.001). Improvement in the CS was related to a preoperative poor BCVA (β = 0.203, P < 0.001), low CS (β = - 0.693, P < 0.001), and high general health score (β = 0.118, P = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS VR-QOL improved after the first and second eye surgery. Many VFQ-25 subscales were related to the BCVA or LOCSIII scores. Low preoperative VR-QOL and BCVA were related to an improved postoperative VR-QOL.
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Zitha AJ, Rampersad N. Impact of cataract surgery on vision-related quality of life. AFRICAN VISION AND EYE HEALTH 2020. [DOI: 10.4102/aveh.v79i1.498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Bastawrous A, Mathenge W, Nkurikiye J, Wing K, Rono H, Gichangi M, Weiss HA, Macleod D, Foster A, Burton M, Kuper H. Incidence of Visually Impairing Cataracts Among Older Adults in Kenya. JAMA Netw Open 2019; 2:e196354. [PMID: 31251374 PMCID: PMC6604086 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Importance Half of all the cases of blindness worldwide are associated with cataract. Cataract disproportionately affects people living in low- and middle-income countries and persons of African descent. Objective To estimate the 6-year cumulative incidence of visually impairing cataract in adult participants in the Nakuru Eye Disease Cohort Study in Kenya. Design, Setting, and Participants This secondary analysis of the Nakuru Eye Disease Cohort Study was conducted from February 2016 to April 2016. This cohort comprised citizens of Nakuru, Kenya, aged 50 years or older who consented to participate in the initial or baseline survey from January 2007 to November 2008, as well as the follow-up conducted from January 2013 to March 2014. All participants at baseline (n = 4364) and follow-up (n = 2159) underwent ophthalmic examination. Main Outcomes and Measures Six-year cumulative incidence of visually impairing cataract, risk factors of incidence, population estimates, and required cataract surgical rates to manage incident visually impairing cataract. Results In total, 4364 individuals (with a mean [SD] age of 63.4 [10.5] years and with 2275 women [52.1%]) had complete eye examinations at baseline, and 2159 participants (with a mean [SD] age of 62.5 [9.3] years and with 1140 men [52.8%]) were followed up 6 years later. The 6-year cumulative incidence of visually significant cataract in either eye was 251.9 per 1000 (95% CI, 228.5-276.8), with an increase with age from 128.9 (95% CI, 107.9-153.2) per 1000 for the group aged 50 to 59 years to 624.5 (95% CI, 493.1-739.9) per 1000 for the group aged 80 years or older. This equated to an annual incidence of visually significant cataract of 45.0 per 1000 people aged 50 years or older. Multivariable analysis showed alcohol consumption (risk ratio [RR], 1.4; 95% CI, 1.1-1.8), diabetes (RR, 1.7; 95% CI, 1.3-2.3), educational level, and increasing age (RR, 3.8; 95% CI, 2.6-5.5 for those aged ≥80 years) were associated with incident visually impairing cataract. Extrapolations to all people aged 50 years or older in Kenya indicated that 148 280 (95% CI, 134 510-162 950) individuals might develop new visually impairing cataract in either eye (visual acuity <6/18 in the worse-seeing eye) and that 9540 (95% CI, 6610-13 750) might become cataract blind in both eyes (visual acuity <3/60 in better-seeing eye). Conclusions and Relevance Adults in Kenya appeared to have a high incidence of visually impairing cataract, making cataract a priority for blindness prevention programs in the region; surgical interventions and awareness of these services are also required.
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- Andrew Bastawrous
- International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Rwanda International Institute of Ophthalmology and Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Rwanda International Institute of Ophthalmology and Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Kitale Eye Unit and Trans Nzoia County, Kitale, Kenya
- Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Jin S, Chan SWS, Gupta N. Distribution gaps in cataract surgery care and impact on seniors across Ontario. Can J Ophthalmol 2019; 54:451-457. [PMID: 31358143 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2018.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 08/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess recent cataract service delivery across communities of all sizes in Ontario. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of health records. PARTICIPANTS All Ontario Health Insurance Plan users. METHODS Raw physician Ontario Health Insurance Plan claims data for cataract surgery (E140A, E214A) from April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2014, were extracted from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) IntelliHealth database. Cataract surgery claims data were sorted by sex, by age, and by Ontario's 444 municipalities based on patient residence. Cataract surgery distribution was examined by population centre: Large Urban (≥100 000 persons), Medium (30 000-99 999 persons), Small (1000-29 999 persons), and Rural (<1000 persons) as defined by Statistics Canada. Wait times were extracted from the MOHLTC wait times database. Cataract surgery rate (CSR), defined as the number of cataract surgeries performed per million, was calculated. RESULTS Cataract surgery volumes remained unchanged from 2010 to 2014. Mean patient age was 71.6 ± 10 years. Patients lived in large urban (63%), medium (15%), small (21%), and rural (0.6%) communities. Mean wait times increased by 28% to 68.5 days, and 90th percentile wait times increased by 44% to 154.3 days. A reduction in CSR was observed among seniors aged 65-74 years (-10%) and 75+ years (-16%). Rural communities showed the largest decline (-19%). Among seniors aged ≥75 years, CSR declined the most for those living in rural communities (-25%). CONCLUSIONS Adjusting the current government policy of zero-growth in cataract surgery volumes will support growing demands for cataract care in our aging population.
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- Shicheng Jin
- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont..
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Pilger D, Homburg D, Brockmann T, Torun N, Bertelmann E, von Sonnleithner C. Clinical outcome and higher order aberrations after bilateral implantation of an extended depth of focus intraocular lens. Eur J Ophthalmol 2018; 28:425-432. [DOI: 10.1177/1120672118766809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical outcome after a bilateral implantation of an extended depth of focus intraocular lens in comparison to a monofocal intraocular lens. Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Charité—Medical University Berlin, Germany. Patients and Methods: A total of 60 eyes of 30 patients were enrolled in this prospective, single-center study. The cataract patients underwent phacoemulsification with bilateral implantation of a TECNIS® Symfony (Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, CA, USA, 15 patients) or a TECNIS Monofocal ZCB00 (Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, CA, USA, 15 patients). Postoperative evaluations were performed after 1 and 3 months, including visual acuities at far, intermediate, and near distance. Mesopic, scotopic vision, and contrast sensitivity were investigated. Aberrometry was performed using an iTrace aberrometer with a pupil scan size of 5.0 mm. Results: After 3 months, the TECNIS Symfony group reached an uncorrected visual acuity at far distance of −0.02 logMAR compared to −0.06 logMAR in the TECNIS Monofocal group ( p = 0.03). Regarding the uncorrected vision at intermediate and near distance the following values were obtained: intermediate visual acuity −0.13 versus 0.0 logMAR (TECNIS Symfony vs TECNIS Monofocal, p = 0.001) and near visual acuity 0.11 versus 0.26 logMAR (TECNIS Symfony vs TECNIS Monofocal, p = 0.001). Low-contrast visual acuities were 0.27 versus 0.20 logMar (TECNIS Symfony vs TECNIS Monofocal, p = 0.023). Conclusion: The TECNIS Symfony intraocular lens can be considered an appropriate alternative to multifocal intraocular lenses because of good visual results at far, intermediate, and near distance as well as in low-contrast vision.
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- Daniel Pilger
- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité—Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité—Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité—Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité—Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité—Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Ka A, Sow A, Diagne J, Ndoye Roth P, Kamara K, De Medeiros M, Ba E, Diallo H, Wane A, Kane H, Ndiaye J, Sow S, Sy E, Ndiaye P. Qualité de vie des patients après chirurgie de la cataracte. J Fr Ophtalmol 2017; 40:629-635. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2017.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nanavaty MA, Bedi KK, Ali S, Holmes M, Rajak S. Toric Intraocular Lenses Versus Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions for Astigmatism Between 0.75 and 2.5 Diopters During Cataract Surgery. Am J Ophthalmol 2017. [PMID: 28647461 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the outcomes after toric intraocular lens (tIOL) or peripheral corneal relaxing incisions (PCRI) for keratometric astigmatism (KA) between 0.75 and 2.5 diopters (D) during cataract surgery. DESIGN Prospective randomized clinical trial. METHODS Eighty eyes (80 participants) received either tIOL or PCRI and were assessed preoperatively, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE Uncorrected (UCDVA) and best-corrected distance logMAR visual acuity (BCDVA) at 12 months. SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Uncorrected near visual acuity (UCNVA), manifest refraction, KA and mean keratometry (KM), corneal aberrometry, tIOL rotation, and quality-of-life questionnaire. RESULTS Comparing tIOLs vs PCRIs, there was no significant difference in the UCDVA, BCDVA, and UCNVA. At 12 months, 61% vs 53% had UDCVA of 20/25 or better, 100% vs 76% gained ≥1 lines, and 59% vs 43% were within ±0.13 D spherical equivalent. In the PCRI group, anterior KA decreased at 1 month and remained stable thereafter; there was a nonsignificant trend toward a flatter posterior KA and steeper posterior KM and the total corneal Z2-2 was low at 1 and 12 months. Over 12 months, there were changes in posterior corneal tilt, coma, and hexafoil in the PCRI group. The mean rotation of the tIOLs at 12 months was 1.8 ± 1.4 degrees. tIOL patients were happier and were glad to use the nonprescription sunglasses. CONCLUSION There was no difference in visual acuity, although more tIOL patients gained ≥1 line and were within ±0.13 D. After PCRIs, the anterior KA decreased in the early postoperative period and remained stable thereafter and posterior corneal aberrations changed constantly over 12 months.
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Ho SF, Adnan THB, Goh PP. Prevalence and Factors Associated With Second Eye Cataract Surgery and the Trend in the Time Interval Between the Two Eye Surgeries Based on the Malaysian National Eye Database. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) 2017; 6:310-317. [PMID: 28585793 DOI: 10.22608/apo.201605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To study the prevalence of second eye cataract surgery (SECS), trend in time interval between subsequent surgeries over the years, and factors associated with SECS utilization among patients who underwent cataract surgeries in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia. DESIGN Secondary cross-sectional analysis of the Malaysian National Eye Database (NED) data. METHODS The Malaysian Cataract Surgery Registry collected data on patients who had cataract surgery from 2002-2004 and 2007-2012. Data collected included demography, operative events, time interval between 2 surgeries, and postoperative visual outcomes. Descriptive analysis was performed. RESULTS Total surgeries increased from 11,954 in 2002 to 30,265 in 2012 with a proportionate increase in SECS (30.7% in 2002 to 34.3% in 2012). Poor vision (<6/12) was reduced from 81.1% to 14.2% after surgery. With improved data capturing, missing data reduced from 29.22% to 1.05%. The time interval between surgeries was 10.58 months in 2002 and 14.49 months in 2012. Malays (40.2%) and those aged 61-70 years (38.1%) had the highest number of SECS. Those aged 40-50 years (10.96 months) and with poorer vision (9.97 months) had the shortest time interval between the 2 surgeries. The commonest surgical method was phacoemulsification (72.3%). Negeri Sembilan State had the highest SECS rate (35.91%) and Melaka had the shortest interval between surgeries (10.15 months). CONCLUSIONS Despite an increase in the number of SECS, the time interval is still long. Poor presenting second eye vision and disparity among different states warrants the health authority's attention and intervention.
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- Clinical Research Centre, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia, Malaysia
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de Silva SR, Evans JR, Kirthi V, Ziaei M, Leyland M. Multifocal versus monofocal intraocular lenses after cataract extraction. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016; 12:CD003169. [PMID: 27943250 PMCID: PMC6463930 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003169.pub4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Good unaided distance visual acuity (VA) is now a realistic expectation following cataract surgery and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Near vision, however, still requires additional refractive power, usually in the form of reading glasses. Multiple optic (multifocal) IOLs are available which claim to allow good vision at a range of distances. It is unclear whether this benefit outweighs the optical compromises inherent in multifocal IOLs. OBJECTIVES To assess the visual effects of multifocal IOLs in comparison with the current standard treatment of monofocal lens implantation. SEARCH METHODS We searched CENTRAL (which contains the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Trials Register) (2016, Issue 5), Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid MEDLINE In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE Daily, Ovid OLDMEDLINE (January 1946 to June 2016), Embase (January 1980 to June 2016), the ISRCTN registry (www.isrctn.com/editAdvancedSearch), ClinicalTrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov), and the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) (www.who.int/ictrp/search/en). We did not use any date or language restrictions in the electronic searches for trials. We last searched the electronic databases on 13 June 2016. SELECTION CRITERIA All randomised controlled trials comparing a multifocal IOL of any type with a monofocal IOL as control were included. Both unilateral and bilateral implantation trials were included. We also considered trials comparing multifocal IOLs with "monovision" whereby one eye is corrected for distance vision and one eye corrected for near vision. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We used standard methodological procedures expected by Cochrane. We assessed the 'certainty' of the evidence using GRADE. MAIN RESULTS We found 20 eligible trials that enrolled 2230 people with data available on 2061 people (3194 eyes). These trials were conducted in Europe (13), China (three), USA (one), Middle East (one), India (one) and one multicentre study in Europe and the USA. Most of these trials compared multifocal with monofocal lenses; two trials compared multifocal lenses with monovision. There was considerable variety in the make and model of lenses implanted. Overall we considered the trials at risk of performance and detection bias because it was difficult to mask participants and outcome assessors. It was also difficult to assess the role of reporting bias.There was moderate-certainty evidence that the distance acuity achieved with multifocal lenses was not different to that achieved with monofocal lenses (unaided VA worse than 6/6: pooled RR 0.96, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.89 to 1.03; eyes = 682; studies = 8). People receiving multifocal lenses may achieve better near vision (RR for unaided near VA worse than J3/J4 was 0.20, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.58; eyes = 782; studies = 8). We judged this to be low-certainty evidence because of risk of bias in the included studies and high heterogeneity (I2 = 93%) although all included studies favoured multifocal lenses with respect to this outcome.People receiving multifocal lenses may be less spectacle dependent (RR 0.63, 95% CI 0.55 to 0.73; eyes = 1000; studies = 10). We judged this to be low-certainty evidence because of risk of bias and evidence of publication bias (skewed funnel plot). There was also high heterogeneity (I2 = 67%) but all studies favoured multifocal lenses. We did not additionally downgrade for this.Adverse subjective visual phenomena were more prevalent and more troublesome in participants with a multifocal IOL compared with monofocals (RR for glare 1.41, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.93; eyes = 544; studies = 7, low-certainty evidence and RR for haloes 3.58, 95% CI 1.99 to 6.46; eyes = 662; studies = 7; moderate-certainty evidence).Two studies compared multifocal lenses with monovision. There was no evidence for any important differences in distance VA between the groups (mean difference (MD) 0.02 logMAR, 95% CI -0.02 to 0.06; eyes = 186; studies = 1), unaided intermediate VA (MD 0.07 logMAR, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.10; eyes = 181; studies = 1) and unaided near VA (MD -0.04, 95% CI -0.08 to 0.00; eyes = 186; studies = 1) compared with people receiving monovision. People receiving multifocal lenses were less likely to be spectacle dependent (RR 0.40, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.53; eyes = 262; studies = 2) but more likely to report problems with glare (RR 1.41, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.73; eyes = 187; studies = 1) compared with people receiving monovision. In one study, the investigators noted that more people in the multifocal group underwent IOL exchange in the first year after surgery (6 participants with multifocal vs 0 participants with monovision). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Multifocal IOLs are effective at improving near vision relative to monofocal IOLs although there is uncertainty as to the size of the effect. Whether that improvement outweighs the adverse effects of multifocal IOLs, such as glare and haloes, will vary between people. Motivation to achieve spectacle independence is likely to be the deciding factor.
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineCochrane Eyes and Vision, ICEHKeppel StreetLondonUKWC1E 7HT
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- University of OxfordPain Research and Nuffield Department of Clinical NeurosciencesPain Research UnitChurchill HospitalOxfordUKOX3 7LE
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- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust162 City RoadLondonUKEC1V 2PD
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- Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS TrustLondon RoadReadingBerkshireUKRG1 5AN
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Changes in quality of life shortly after routine cataract surgery. Can J Ophthalmol 2016; 51:282-287. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2016.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Revised: 12/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Crews JE, Chou CF, Zack MM, Zhang X, Bullard KM, Morse AR, Saaddine JB. The Association of Health-Related Quality of Life with Severity of Visual Impairment among People Aged 40-64 Years: Findings from the 2006-2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2016; 23:145-53. [PMID: 27159347 DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2016.1168851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the association of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with severity of visual impairment among people aged 40-64 years. METHODS We used cross-sectional data from the 2006-2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine six measures of HRQoL: self-reported health, physically unhealthy days, mentally unhealthy days, activity limitation days, life satisfaction, and disability. Visual impairment was categorized as no, a little, or moderate/severe. We examined the association between visual impairment and HRQoL using logistic regression accounting for the survey's complex design. RESULTS Overall, 23.0% of the participants reported a little difficult seeing, while 16.8% reported moderate/severe difficulty seeing. People aged 40-64 years with moderate/severe visual impairment had more frequent (≥14) physically unhealthy days, mentally unhealthy days, and activity limitation days in the last 30 days, as well as greater life dissatisfaction, greater disability, and poorer health compared to people reporting no or a little visual impairment. After controlling for covariates (age, sex, marital status, race/ethnicity, education, income, state, year, health insurance, heart disease, stroke, heart attack, body mass index, leisure-time activity, smoking, and medical care costs), and compared to people with no visual impairment, those with moderate/severe visual impairment were more likely to have fair/poor health (odds ratio, OR, 2.01, 95% confidence interval, CI, 1.82-2.23), life dissatisfaction (OR 2.06, 95% CI 1.80-2.35), disability (OR 1.95, 95% CI 1.80-2.13), and frequent physically unhealthy days (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.52-1.88), mentally unhealthy days (OR 1.84, 95% CI 1.66-2.05), and activity limitation days (OR 1.94, 95% CI 1.71-2.20; all p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION Poor HRQoL was strongly associated with moderate/severe visual impairment among people aged 40-64 years.
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- John E Crews
- a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- b University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham , AL , USA
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- a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA
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Tillman MA, Panorgias A, Werner JS. Age-related change in fast adaptation mechanisms measured with the scotopic full-field ERG. Doc Ophthalmol 2016; 132:201-12. [PMID: 27126339 DOI: 10.1007/s10633-016-9541-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To quantify the response dynamics of fast adaptation mechanisms of the scotopic ERG in younger and older adults using full-field m-sequence flash stimulation. METHODS Scotopic ERGs were measured for a series of flashes separated by 65 ms over a range of 260 ms in 16 younger (20-26, 22.2 ± 2.1; range mean ±1 SD) and 16 older (65-85, 71.2 ± 7) observers without retinal pathology. A short-wavelength (λ peak = 442 nm) LED was used for scotopic stimulation, and the flashes ranged from 0.0001 to 0.01 cd s m(-2). The complete binary kernel series was derived from the responses to the m-sequence flash stimulation, and the first- and second-order kernel responses were analyzed. The first-order kernel represented the response to a single, isolated flash, while the second-order kernels reflected the adapted flash responses that followed a single flash by one or more base intervals. B-wave amplitudes of the adapted flash responses were measured and plotted as a function of interstimulus interval to describe the recovery of the scotopic ERG. A linear function was fitted to the linear portion of the recovery curve, and the slope of the line was used to estimate the rate of fast adaptation recovery. RESULTS The amplitudes of the isolated flash responses and rates of scotopic fast adaptation recovery were compared between the younger and older participants using a two-way ANOVA. The isolated flash responses and rates of recovery were found to be significantly lower in the older adults. However, there was no difference between the two age groups in response amplitude or recovery rate after correcting for age-related changes in the density of the ocular media. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrated that the rate of scotopic fast adaptation recovery of normal younger and older adults is similar when stimuli are equated for retinal illuminance.
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- Megan A Tillman
- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Vision Science, New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Rajavi Z, Javadi MA, Daftarian N, Safi S, Nejat F, Shirvani A, Ahmadieh H, Shahraz S, Ziaei H, Moein H, Motlagh BF, Feizi S, Foroutan A, Hashemi H, Hashemian SJ, Jabbarvand M, Jafarinasab MR, Karimian F, Mohammad-Rabei H, Mohammadpour M, Nassiri N, Panahi-Bazaz M, Rohani MR, Sedaghat MR, Sheibani K. Customized Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Adult Cataract in Iran. J Ophthalmic Vis Res 2016; 10:445-60. [PMID: 27051491 PMCID: PMC4795396 DOI: 10.4103/2008-322x.176913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Purpose: To customize clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for cataract management in the Iranian population. Methods: First, four CPGs (American Academy of Ophthalmology 2006 and 2011, Royal College of Ophthalmologists 2010, and Canadian Ophthalmological Society 2008) were selected from a number of available CPGs in the literature for cataract management. All recommendations of these guidelines, together with their references, were studied. Each recommendation was summarized in 4 tables. The first table showed the recommendation itself in clinical question components format along with its level of evidence. The second table contained structured abstracts of supporting articles related to the clinical question with their levels of evidence. The third table included the customized recommendation of the internal group respecting its clinical advantage, cost, and complications. In the fourth table, the internal group their recommendations from 1 to 9 based on the customizing capability of the recommendation (applicability, acceptability, external validity). Finally, customized recommendations were sent one month prior to a consensus session to faculty members of all universities across the country asking for their comments on recommendations. Results: The agreed recommendations were accepted as conclusive while those with no agreement were discussed at the consensus session. Finally, all customized recommendations were codified as 80 recommendations along with their sources and levels of evidence for the Iranian population. Conclusion: Customization of CPGs for management of adult cataract for the Iranian population seems to be useful for standardization of referral, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
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- Zhaleh Rajavi
- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Office for Healthcare Standards, Deputy of Curative Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran; Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Imam Hussein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Imam Hussein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Al-Zahra Eye Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Basir Eye Safety Research Center, Basir Eye Clinic, Tehran, Iran
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Vale C, Menezes C, Firmino-Machado J, Rodrigues P, Lume M, Tenedório P, Menéres P, Brochado MDC. Astigmatism management in cataract surgery with Precizon(®) toric intraocular lens: a prospective study. Clin Ophthalmol 2016; 10:151-9. [PMID: 26855559 PMCID: PMC4727514 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s91298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the visual and refractive outcomes and rotational stability of the new aspheric Precizon® toric intraocular lens (IOL) for the correction of corneal astigmatism in cataract surgery. Setting Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Geral de Santo António – Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE and Hospital de Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal. Design This was a prospective clinical study. Patients and methods A total of 40 eyes of 27 patients with corneal astigmatism greater than 1.0 diopter (D) underwent cataract surgery with implantation of Precizon® toric IOL. IOL power calculation was performed using optical coherence biometry (IOLMaster®). Outcomes of uncorrected (UDVA) and best-spectacle corrected distance visual acuities (BCDVA), refraction, and IOL rotation were analyzed at the 1st week, 1st, 3rd, and 6th month’s evaluations. Results The median postoperative UDVA was better than preoperative best-spectacle corrected distance visual acuity (0.02 [0.06] logMAR vs 0.19 [0.20] logMAR, P<0.001). At 6 months, postoperative UDVA was 0.1 logMAR or better in 95% of the eyes. At last follow-up, the mean spherical equivalent was reduced from −3.35±3.10 D to −0.02±0.30 D (P<0.001) with 97.5% of the eyes within ±0.50 D of emmetropia. The mean preoperative keratometric cylinder was 2.34±0.95 D and the mean postoperative refractive cylinder was 0.24±0.27 D (P<0.001). The mean IOL rotation was 2.43°±1.55°. None of the IOLs required realignment. Conclusion Precizon® toric IOL revealed very good rotational stability and performance regarding predictability, efficacy, and safety in the correction of preexisting regular corneal astigmatism associated with cataract surgery.
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- Carolina Vale
- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Geral de Santo António - Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital de Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital de Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Geral de Santo António - Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital de Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Geral de Santo António - Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Geral de Santo António - Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE, Porto, Portugal
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Corneal microstructural changes in nerve fiber, endothelial and epithelial density after cataract surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus. Cornea 2015; 34:177-81. [PMID: 25474233 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000000320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to analyze microstructural corneal changes following phacoemulsification of cataract with intraocular lens insertion in diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS Prospective study of consecutive patients undergoing phacoemulsification with intraocular lens insertion, over a period of 6 months. Age, gender, serum glycosylated hemoglobin A1c levels, and effective phacoemulsification time were recorded. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography and corneal in vivo confocal microscopy were performed preoperatively and 1-month postoperatively. Subbasal nerve plexus (SBN) density, basal epithelial cell density, and endothelial cell density (ECD) were quantitatively analyzed. RESULTS Twenty-eight patients with type 2 DM (71.2 ± 7.6 years) and 23 healthy controls (mean age, 74.4 ± 7.4 years) were recruited. Mean hemoglobin A1c level was 7.5% in patients with DM and 5.7% in the control group (P < 0.0001). A significant reduction in SBN density was noted postoperatively in both DM (P < 0.0001) and non-DM groups (P < 0.0001). Patients with DM had a lower mean SBN density compared with non-DM group, before (P < 0.0001) and after surgery (P < 0.0001). Longer effective phacoemulsification time correlated with a greater decrease in ECD postoperatively in the whole cohort (P < 0.0001), and in the control (P = 0.002) and DM (P = 0.039) groups independently. There was no significant difference in preoperative ECD between the DM group (2254 +/- 426 cells/mm(2)) and non-DM group (2384 +/- 438 cells/mm(2); P = 0.2). [corrected]. CONCLUSIONS Subbasal nerve density is reduced after cataract surgery in patients with and without DM. However, lower initial SBN density in patients with DM may predispose them to develop diabetic keratopathy. DM does not predispose to greater endothelial loss following phacoemulsification.
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Zhu M, Huang J, Zhu B, Sun Q, Xu X, Miao Y, Zou H. Changes of vision-related quality of life in retinal detachment patients after cataract surgery. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120505. [PMID: 25764367 PMCID: PMC4357428 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Rhegmatenous retinal detachment (RRD) is one of the most serious complications after phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation surgery. It has been reported that vision-related quality of life (VRQoL), as well as visual acuity rapidly decreased when RRD developed. However, little is known of the VRQoL in those RRD patients after anatomical retinal re-attachment, especially whether or not the VRQoL is higher than that before cataract surgery. In this prospective case series study, we use the Chinese-version low vision quality of life questionnaire (CLVQOL) to assess the changes of VRQoL in age-related cataract patients who suffered from RRD after phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (phaco-IOL) implantation. All participants were asked to complete questionnaires in face- to-face interviews one day before and two weeks after cataract surgery, as well as one day before and three months after RRD surgery. A total of 10,127 consecutive age-related cataract patients were followed up to one year after phaco-IOL implantation; among these patients, 17 were diagnosed as RRD. The total CLVQOL scores and subscale scores except "Mobility" decreased significantly when RRD developed. After retinal surgery, only the score of "General vision and lighting" in the CLVQOL questionnaires improved when compared to the scores two weeks after cataract surgery, although the best corrected visual acuity of all patients significantly raised up. However, the mean CLVQOL scores and subscale scores were still considerably higher than the level prior to cataract surgery. Our study suggests that cataract patients at high risk of postoperative RRD should not deny the opportunity to undergo phaco-IOL implantation, even though potential VRQoL impairment induced by RRD exists.
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- Mingming Zhu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention & Treatment Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention & Treatment Center, Shanghai, China
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Gothwal VK, Bharani S, Reddy SP. Measuring coping in parents of children with disabilities: a rasch model approach. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118189. [PMID: 25730331 PMCID: PMC4346261 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Parents of a child with disability must cope with greater demands than those living with a healthy child. Coping refers to a person’s cognitive or behavioral efforts to manage the demands of a stressful situation. The Coping Health Inventory for Parents (CHIP) is a well-recognized measure of coping among parents of chronically ill children and assesses different coping patterns using its three subscales. The purpose of this study was to provide further insights into the psychometric properties of the CHIP subscales in a sample of parents of children with disabilities. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 220 parents (mean age, 33.4 years; 85% mothers) caring for a child with disability enrolled in special schools as well as in mainstream schools completed the 45-item CHIP. Rasch analysis was applied to the CHIP data and the psychometric performance of each of the three subscales was tested. Subscale revision was performed in the context of Rasch analysis statistics. Results Response categories were not used as intended, necessitating combining categories, thereby reducing the number from 4 to 3. The subscale – ‘maintaining social support’ satisfied all the Rasch model expectations. Four item misfit the Rasch model in the subscale –maintaining family integration’, but their deletion resulted in a 15-item scale with items that fit the Rasch model well. The remaining subscale – ‘understanding the healthcare situation’ lacked adequate measurement precision (<2.0 logits). Conclusions The current Rasch analyses add to the evidence of measurement properties of the CHIP and show that the two of its subscales (one original and the other revised) have good psychometric properties and work well to measure coping patterns in parents of children with disabilities. However the third subscale is limited by its inadequate measurement precision and requires more items.
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- Vijaya K. Gothwal
- Meera and L B Deshpande Centre for Sight Enhancement, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Meera and L B Deshpande Centre for Sight Enhancement, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Bausch and Lomb School of Optometry, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Naidu G, Correia M, Nirmalan P, Verma N, Thomas R. Functional and visual acuity outcomes of cataract surgery in Timor-Leste (East Timor). Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2014; 21:397-405. [PMID: 25357102 DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2014.975824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To report functional outcomes following cataract surgery in Timor-Leste. METHODS Pre- and post-intervention study measuring visual function improvement following cataract surgery. Presenting visual acuity (VA) was measured and visual function documented using the Indian vision function questionnaire (IND-VFQ). RESULTS All 174 persons undergoing cataract surgery from November 2009 to January 2011 in Timor-Leste were included. Mean age was 65.4 years; 113 (64.9%) were male, 143 (82.1%) were from a rural background and 151 (86.8%) were illiterate. Pre-operatively, 77 of 174 patients (44.3%, 95% confidence interval, CI, 37.0-51.7%) were blind (VA ≤3/60), 77 (44.3%, 95% CI 37.0-51.7%) were visually impaired (VA <6/18->3/60), while 20 (11.5%, 95% CI 7.4-16.9%) had presenting acuity ≥6/18 in the better eye. Following surgery, significant improvement in visual function was demonstrated by an effect size of 2.8, 3.7 and 3.9 in the domains of general functioning, psychosocial impact and visual symptoms, respectively. Four weeks following surgery, 85 patients (48.9%, 95% CI 41.5-66.3%) had a presenting VA ≥6/18, 74 (42.5%, 95% CI 35.3-45.9%) were visually impaired and 15 (8.6%, 95% CI 5.0-13.6%) were blind. IND-VFQ improvement occurred even in patients remaining visually impaired or blind following surgery. CONCLUSION In this setting, cataract surgery led to a significant improvement in visual function but the VA results did not meet World Health Organization quality criteria. IND-VFQ results, although complementary to clinical VA outcomes did not, in isolation, reflect the need to improve program quality.
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- Girish Naidu
- East Timor Eye Programme, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia
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González N, Quintana JM, Bilbao A, Vidal S, Fernández de Larrea N, Díaz V, Gracia J. Factors affecting cataract surgery complications and their effect on the postoperative outcome. Can J Ophthalmol 2014; 49:72-9. [PMID: 24513361 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with the development of complications during or after cataract surgery and to determine the effect of complications on improvements in visual acuity and visual function. DESIGN Longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS A total of 4335 patients at 17 hospitals in the Spanish National Health Service undergoing cataract removal by phacoemulsification. METHODS Clinical data were collected before the intervention and 6 weeks postoperatively. All patients were mailed the Visual Function Index (VF-14) and additional questions concerning their ocular disease, preoperatively and 3 months after surgery. Logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with the presence of complications, and general linear models to study the effect of complications on changes in visual acuity and VF-14 scores. RESULTS Some type of perioperative complication was found in 10.35% of patients and postoperative complications in 26.63%. Age, visual acuity greater than 0.3, moderate or high technical complexity, and the presence of perioperative complications, such as posterior capsular rupture or vitreous hemorrhage, were most strongly associated with the development of postoperative complications. Patients who had either perioperative or postoperative complications had lower levels of preoperative and postoperative visual acuity levels and visual function, and less improvement was seen for these parameters. CONCLUSIONS We identified factors associated with the development of surgery-related complications and showed that the presence of complications is associated with poorer postoperative visual acuity and function. These findings are useful for health care management, clinical decision making, and providing patients and clinicians with realistic expectations.
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- Nerea González
- Research Unit, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Osakidetza)-Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- Research Unit, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Osakidetza)-Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Basurto (Osakidetza)-REDISSEC, Madrid, Spain
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- Quality Unit, Hospital de Valme, Sevilla, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Technology and Health Innovation General Subdepartment, Department of Health of the Community of Madrid-Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Ophthalmology Service, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Osakidetza), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Ophthalmology Service, Hospital de Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain
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Crews JE, Chou CF, Zhang X, Zack MM, Saaddine JB. Health-related quality of life among people aged ≥65 years with self-reported visual impairment: findings from the 2006-2010 behavioral risk factor surveillance system. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2014; 21:287-96. [PMID: 24955821 PMCID: PMC4924345 DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2014.926556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and visual impairment among people aged ≥65 years. METHODS We used cross-sectional data from the 2006-2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine six HRQoL measures: self-reported health, physically unhealthy days, mentally unhealthy days, activity limitation days, life satisfaction, and disability. Visual impairment was categorized as no, a little, and moderate/severe. We examined the association between self-reported visual impairment and HRQoL using logistic regression accounting for the survey's complex design. RESULTS People with self-reported moderate/severe visual impairment had more frequent (≥14) physically unhealthy days, mentally unhealthy days, and activity limitation days in the last 30 days compared to those reporting a little or no visual impairment. After controlling for all covariates (age, sex, marital status, race/ethnicity, education, income, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, heart attack, body mass index, leisure time activity, smoking, and medical care cost concerns) and comparing to those with no self-reported visual impairment, people reporting a little visual impairment were more likely to have fair/poor health (odds ratio, OR, 1.2, 95% confidence interval, CI, 1.1-1.3), life dissatisfaction (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.3-2.0), and disability (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.3-1.6), and those with self-reported moderate/severe visual impairment had more fair/poor health (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.6-2.0), life dissatisfaction (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.8-2.9), and disability (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.8-2.2). They also had more frequent physically unhealthy days (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.7-2.1), mentally unhealthy days (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.5-2.1), and activity limitations days (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.6-2.2). CONCLUSION Poor HRQoL is strongly associated with the severity of self-reported visual impairment among people aged ≥65 years.
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- John E Crews
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, GA , USA
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Hirneiss C. The impact of a better-seeing eye and a worse-seeing eye on vision-related quality of life. Clin Ophthalmol 2014; 8:1703-9. [PMID: 25214763 PMCID: PMC4159393 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s64200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Patients with eye diseases often have a better-seeing eye (BSE) and a worse-seeing eye (WSE). This review will carve out the current knowledge in which the relationship to BSEs and WSEs contributes to overall visual functioning and vision-related quality of life (VRQoL). METHODS Searches were from database inception to the current date. Terms used for the search were "better eye", "worse eye", "utility", "life quality", "quality of life", "VFQ-25", and "visual acuity". RESULTS There is a lack of a clear definition for BSE and WSE, and the used definitions are regularly dependent on the underlying eye disease. "BSE" and "WSE" can interact in terms of binocular inhibition or summation. Measured influences of the BSE and WSE on VRQoL are dependent on the underlying instrument used for the measurement. Several studies show impaired VRQoL if only one eye is affected from disease, with unimpaired vision of the BSE. VRQoL can improve significantly when treating the BSE and the WSE. In eye diseases with impairment of the central vision, there is a better correlation between the BSE and VRQoL. However, in eye diseases with peripheral vision impairment, eg, glaucoma, functional parameters of the WSE are better predictors for VRQoL. CONCLUSION The WSE appears to have a stronger influence on VRQoL than is generally assumed. This is especially the case if the underlying eye disease does not affect central vision but peripheral vision.
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- Christoph Hirneiss
- Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig Maximilians University Muenchen, Munich, Germany
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Danquah L, Kuper H, Eusebio C, Rashid MA, Bowen L, Foster A, Polack S. The long term impact of cataract surgery on quality of life, activities and poverty: results from a six year longitudinal study in Bangladesh and the Philippines. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94140. [PMID: 24747192 PMCID: PMC3991652 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Cataract surgery has been shown to improve quality of life and household economy in the short term. However, it is unclear whether these benefits are sustained over time. This study aims to assess the six year impact of cataract surgery on health related quality of life (HRQoL), daily activities and economic poverty in Bangladesh and The Philippines. Methods and Findings This was a longitudinal study. At baseline people aged ≥50 years with visual impairment due to cataract (‘cases’) and age-, sex-matched controls without visual impairment were interviewed about vision specific and generic HRQoL, daily activities and economic indicators (household per capita expenditure, assets and self-rated wealth). Cases were offered free or subsidised cataract surgery. Cases and controls were re-interviewed approximately one and six years later. At baseline across the two countries there were 455 cases and 443 controls. Fifty percent of cases attended for surgery. Response rates at six years were 47% for operated cases and 53% for controls. At baseline cases had poorer health and vision related QoL, were less likely to undertake productive activities, more likely to receive assistance with activities and were poorer compared to controls (p<0.05). One year after surgery there were significant increases in HRQoL, participation and time spent in productive activities and per capita expenditure and reduction in assistance with activities so that the operated cases were similar to controls. These increases were still evident after six years with the exception that time spent on productive activities decreased among both cases and controls. Conclusion Cataract causing visual loss is associated with reduced HRQoL and economic poverty among older adults in low-income countries. Cataract surgery improves the HRQoL of the individual and economy of the household. The findings of this study suggest these benefits are sustained in the long term.
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- Lisa Danquah
- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Taner MT. Application of Six Sigma methodology to a cataract surgery unit. Int J Health Care Qual Assur 2014; 26:768-85. [PMID: 24422265 DOI: 10.1108/ijhcqa-02-2012-0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE The article's aim is to focus on the application of Six Sigma to minimise intraoperative and post-operative complications rates in a Turkish public hospital cataract surgery unit. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Implementing define-measure-analyse-improve and control (DMAIC) involves process mapping, fishbone diagrams and rigorous data-collection. Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), pareto diagrams, control charts and process capability analysis are applied to redress cataract surgery failure root causes. FINDINGS Inefficient skills of assistant surgeons and technicians, low quality of IOLs used, wrong IOL placement, unsystematic sterilisation of surgery rooms and devices, and the unprioritising network system are found to be the critical drivers of intraoperative-operative and post-operative complications. Sigma level was increased from 2.60 to 3.75 subsequent to extensive training of assistant surgeons, ophthalmologists and technicians, better quality IOLs, systematic sterilisation and air-filtering, and the implementation of a more sophisticated network system. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS This article shows that Six Sigma measurement and process improvement can become the impetus for cataract unit staff to rethink their process and reduce malpractices. Measuring, recording and reporting data regularly helps them to continuously monitor their overall process and deliver safer treatments. ORIGINALITY/VALUE This is the first Six Sigma ophthalmology study in Turkey.
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- Mehmet Tolga Taner
- Department of Healthcare Mangement, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Hong T, Mitchell P, Fong CSU, Rochtchina E, de Loryn T, Wang JJ. Patients' Short-term Satisfaction With Cataract Surgery and Long-Term Sustainability of Improved Visual-Related Quality of Life Over 3 Postoperative Years. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) 2014; 3:83-7. [PMID: 26107490 DOI: 10.1097/apo.0b013e3182a0c492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to assess self-reported satisfaction following cataract surgery, and the sustainability of improved visual function and health-related quality of life in a cataract surgical cohort over 3 years post-phacoemulsification surgery. DESIGN A clinic-based cohort study. METHODS Cataract surgical patients were recruited and followed up annually after surgery. Logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (LogMAR) visual acuity, visual function (using the VF-14 questionnaire), and health-related quality of life (using the Short-Form Health Survey [SF-36] questionnaire) were assessed preoperatively and at 1, 2, and 3 years postoperatively. RESULTS Of the 2029 patients recruited, 1924 (94.8%) had at least 1 postoperative visit, and 1229 (63.9%) had the 3-year follow-up examination performed. The mean age was 75.1 ± 6 years, and 54.1% were female. Of the 1229, 439 (35.7%) and 286 (23.3%) had completed the VF-14 and SF-36 questionnaires, respectively, at all 3 follow-up visits. The majority (92.1%) of patients reported being satisfied with the outcome of the surgery 6 months postoperatively. The overall VF-14 scores were significantly improved at the 12-month postoperative visits compared with preoperative scores (P < 0.01), independent of age and sex. The improved VF-14 mean scores were sustained for up to 3 years postoperatively. Health-related quality of life (SF-36 scores) showed no significant changes between preoperative and 1-, 2-, and 3-year postoperative examinations. CONCLUSIONS We documented the sustainability of improvement in visual function-related quality of life associated with cataract surgery over 3 postoperative years. Cataract surgery was not associated with improvement in health-related quality-of-life scores.
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- Thomas Hong
- From the *Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney; and †Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Wang CW, Chan CLW, Chi I. Overview of Quality of Life Research in Older People with Visual Impairment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/aar.2014.32014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Catey Bunce
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, , London, UK
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Gupta P, Zheng Y, Ting TW, Lamoureux EL, Cheng CY, Wong TY. Prevalence of cataract surgery and visual outcomes in Indian immigrants in Singapore: the Singapore Indian eye study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75584. [PMID: 24116058 PMCID: PMC3792142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Objective To determine the prevalence of cataract surgery and factors associated with post-surgical visual outcomes in migrant Indians living in Singapore. Research Design and Methods We conducted a population-based study in 3,400 Indian immigrants residing in Singapore−the Singapore Indian Eye Study (SINDI). All participants underwent comprehensive medical eye examination and a standardized interview. Post-operative visual impairment (VI) was defined as best-corrected or presenting visual acuity (BCVA or PVA) of 20/60 or worse. Results The age- and gender-standardized prevalence of cataract surgery was 9.7% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 8.9%, 10.7%) in Singapore resident Indians. Post-operative VI defined by BCVA occurred in 10.9% eyes (87/795). The main causes of post-operative VI were diabetic retinopathy (20.7%), posterior capsular opacification (18.4%), and age-related macular degeneration (12.6%). Undercorrected refractive error doubled the prevalence of post-operative VI when PVA was used. Conclusions The rate of cataract surgery is about 10% in Indian residents in Singapore. Socioeconomic variables and migration had no significant impact on the prevalence of cataract surgery. Diabetic retinopathy was a major cause of post-operative VI in migrant Indians living in Singapore. Uncorrected postoperative refractive error remains an efficient way to improve vision.
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- Preeti Gupta
- Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Spingapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Spingapore
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Bastawrous A, Dean WH, Sherwin JC. Blindness and visual impairment due to age-related cataract in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of recent population-based studies. Br J Ophthalmol 2013; 97:1237-43. [PMID: 23696652 DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AIM We aimed to evaluate age-related cataract as a contributor to blindness and visual impairment (VI) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). METHODS A systematic review of population-based studies published between 2000 and October 2012. Prevalence and proportions of blindness and VI due to cataract, cataract surgical coverage (CSC), per cent intraocular lens (IOL) implantation and visual outcomes of surgery in accordance with WHO criteria were ascertained. RESULTS Data from 17 surveys (subjects mostly aged ≥ 50-years-old) from 15 different countries in SSA were included, comprising 96 402 people. Prevalence of blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60 in better eye) ranged from 0.1% in Uganda to 9.0% in Eritrea, and the proportion of total blindness due to cataract ranged between 21% and 67%. Cataract was the principal cause of blindness and VI in 15 and 14 studies, respectively. There was a strong positive correlation between good visual outcomes and IOL use (R=0.69, p=0.027). Considerable inter-study heterogeneity was evident in CSC and visual outcomes following surgery, and between 40% and 100% of operations had used IOL. CONCLUSIONS Cataract represents the principal cause of blindness and VI and should remain a priority objective for eye care in SSA. However, the prevalence of blindness and VI due to cataract was variable and may reflect differences in the availability of cataract surgical programmes and cataract incidence.
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- Clinical Research Department, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, , London, UK
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Groessl EJ, Liu L, Sklar M, Tally SR, Kaplan RM, Ganiats TG. Measuring the impact of cataract surgery on generic and vision-specific quality of life. Qual Life Res 2012; 22:1405-14. [PMID: 23015266 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0270-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide and cause visual impairment for millions of adults in the United States. We compared the sensitivity of a vision-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure to that of multiple generic measures of HRQOL before and at 2 time points after cataract surgery. METHODS Participants completed 1 vision-specific and 5 generic quality of life measures before cataract surgery, and again 1 and 6 months after surgery. Random effects modeling was used to measure changes over the three assessment points. RESULTS The NEI-VFQ25 total score and all 11 subscales showed significant improvements during the first interval (baseline and 1 month). During the second interval (1-6 months post-surgery), significant improvements were observed on the total score and 5 of 11 NEI-VFQ25 subscales. There were significant increases in HRQOL during the first interval on some preference-based generic HRQOL measures, though changes during the second interval were mostly non-significant. None of the SF-36v2™ or SF6D scales changed significantly between any of the assessment periods. CONCLUSIONS The NEI-VFQ25 was sensitive to changes in vision-specific domains of QOL. Some preference-based generic HRQOL measures were also sensitive to change and showed convergence with the NEI-VFQ25, but the effects were small. The SF-36v2™ and SF-6D did not change in a similar manner, possibly reflecting a lack of vision-related content. Studies seeking to document both the vision-specific and generic HRQOL improvements of cataract surgery should consider these results when selecting measures.
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- Erik J Groessl
- UCSD Health Services Research Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. #0994, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Calladine D, Evans JR, Shah S, Leyland M. Multifocal versus monofocal intraocular lenses after cataract extraction. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012:CD003169. [PMID: 22972061 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003169.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Good unaided distance visual acuity is now a realistic expectation following cataract surgery and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Near vision, however, still requires additional refractive power, usually in the form of reading glasses. Multiple optic (multifocal) IOLs are available which claim to allow good vision at a range of distances. It is unclear whether this benefit outweighs the optical compromises inherent in multifocal IOLs. OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to assess the effects of multifocal IOLs, including effects on visual acuity, subjective visual satisfaction, spectacle dependence, glare and contrast sensitivity, compared to standard monofocal lenses in people undergoing cataract surgery. SEARCH METHODS We searched CENTRAL (which contains the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group Trials Register) (The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 2), MEDLINE (January 1946 to March 2012), EMBASE (January 1980 to March 2012), the metaRegister of Controlled Trials (mRCT) (www.controlled-trials.com), ClinicalTrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov) and the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) (www.who.int/ictrp/search/en). We did not use any date or language restrictions in the electronic searches for trials. The electronic databases were last searched on 6 March 2012. We searched the reference lists of relevant articles and contacted investigators of included studies and manufacturers of multifocal IOLs for information about additional published and unpublished studies. SELECTION CRITERIA All randomised controlled trials comparing a multifocal IOL of any type with a monofocal IOL as control were included. Both unilateral and bilateral implantation trials were included. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors collected data and assessed trial quality. Where possible, we pooled data from the individual studies using a random-effects model, otherwise we tabulated data. MAIN RESULTS Sixteen completed trials (1608 participants) and two ongoing trials were identified. All included trials compared multifocal and monofocal lenses but there was considerable variety in the make and model of lenses implanted. Overall we considered the trials at risk of performance and detection bias because it was difficult to mask patients and outcome assessors. It was also difficult to assess the role of reporting bias. There was moderate quality evidence that similar distance acuity is achieved with both types of lenses (pooled risk ratio (RR) for unaided visual acuity worse than 6/6: 0.98, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.91 to 1.05). There was also evidence that people with multifocal lenses had better near vision but methodological and statistical heterogeneity meant that we did not calculate a pooled estimate for effect on near vision. Total freedom from use of glasses was achieved more frequently with multifocal than monofocal IOLs. Adverse subjective visual phenomena, particularly haloes, or rings around lights, were more prevalent and more troublesome in participants with the multifocal IOL and there was evidence of reduced contrast sensitivity with the multifocal lenses. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Multifocal IOLs are effective at improving near vision relative to monofocal IOLs. Whether that improvement outweighs the adverse effects of multifocal IOLs will vary between patients. Motivation to achieve spectacle independence is likely to be the deciding factor.
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- Daniel Calladine
- Eye Department at West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Visual acuity improvements after implantation of toric intraocular lenses in cataract patients with astigmatism: a systematic review. BMC Ophthalmol 2012; 12:41. [PMID: 22894651 PMCID: PMC3480885 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-12-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Cataracts are a common and significant cause of visual impairment globally. We aimed to evaluate uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) as an outcome in treating astigmatic cataract patients to assist clinicians or ophthalmologists in their decision making process regarding available interventions. Methods Medline, Embase and Evidence Based Reviews were systematically reviewed to identify relevant studies reporting changes in UDVA, UIVA and UNVA after cataract surgery in presbyopic patients. Strict inclusion/exclusion criteria were used to exclude any non-relevant studies. Relevant outcomes (UDVA, UIVA and UNVA) were identified from the studies retrieved through the systematic review process. Results The systematic review identified 11 studies which reported UCVA. All 11 studies reported UDVA. Four brands of toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) were reported in these studies. All studies identified in the literature search reported improvements in UDVA following surgical implant of a toric IOL. The largest improvements in VA were reported using the Human Optics MicroSil toric IOL (0.74 LogMAR, UDVA) and the smallest improvements were also reported using the Human Optics MicroSil toric IOL (0.23 LogMAR, UDVA) in a different study. Conclusions The results of this systematic review showed the aggregate of studies reporting a beneficial increase in UDVA with the use of toric IOLs in cataract patients with astigmatism.
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Improved vision-related function after ranibizumab for macular edema after retinal vein occlusion: results from the BRAVO and CRUISE trials. Ophthalmology 2012; 119:2108-18. [PMID: 22817833 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Revised: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To examine the impact of intravitreal ranibizumab on patient-reported visual function using the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) through 6 months in patients with macular edema (ME) secondary to branch or central retinal vein occlusion (RVO). DESIGN Two multicenter, double-masked trials, which enrolled participants with ME secondary to branch or central RVO: the RanibizumaB for the Treatment of Macular Edema following BRAnch Retinal Vein Occlusion: Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety (BRAVO) trial or the Central Retinal Vein OcclUsIon Study: Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety (CRUISE) trial. PARTICIPANTS Three hundred ninety-seven BRAVO and 392 CRUISE patients. METHODS Patients were randomized 1:1:1 to monthly sham, 0.3-mg, or 0.5-mg injections of ranibizumab for 6 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Although visual acuity was the main outcome measure for the trials, mean change from baseline in NEI VFQ-25 scores at month 6 was a secondary outcome measure. RESULTS In BRAVO, among the 132, 134, and 131 patients randomized, respectively, to sham, 0.3 mg ranibizumab, or 0.5 mg ranibizumab, the study eye was the worse-seeing eye in 121 (91.7%), 118 (88.1%), and 125 (95.4%) patients and 123 (93.2%), 128 (95.5%), and 125 (95.4%), respectively, had a 6-month follow-up visit. In CRUISE, among the 130, 132, and 130 patients randomized, respectively, to sham, 0.3 mg ranibizumab, and 0.5 mg ranibizumab, the study eye was the worse-seeing eye in 117 (90.0%), 123 (93.2%), and 120 (92.3%) patients and 115 (88.5%), 129 (97.7%), and 119 (91.5%), respectively, had a 6-month follow-up visit. In both trials, patients treated with ranibizumab reported greater mean improvements in visual function, with substantial differences observed as early as month 1, including the NEI VFQ-25 composite score and near and distance activities subscales, compared with sham patients. P values for comparisons with sham for the composite score and these 2 subscales were <0.05. CONCLUSIONS These results from the BRAVO and CRUISE trials indicate that patients with ME from RVOs treated with monthly ranibizumab report greater improvements in vision-related function compared with sham-treated patients through 6 months, even when a majority of patients present with RVOs in the worse-seeing eye.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review summarizes the recent literature of the impact of cataract surgery from the patient's perspective, with a focus on second-generation patient reported outcome (PRO) measures that used Rasch analysis to explore their data. RECENT FINDINGS Irrespective of the instrument utilized, the overriding conclusion is that cataract surgery unequivocally improves vision-specific functioning and several aspects of vision-specific quality of life. The benefit of cataract surgery, however, on generic health is less clear, due to limited vision-related items. Evidence suggests that cataract surgery also improves visual functioning in comorbid eye disease, especially in the early stages. Similarly, second eye cataract surgery appears to improve visual ability beyond that achieved with first eye surgery. Recently, there has been a shift toward second-generation, Rasch-validated PROs to assess cataract surgery outcomes and large gains in visual function have been demonstrated. Importantly, measurement precision is dramatically improved compared with the original first-generation instruments. SUMMARY Cataract surgery-induced improvements in visual acuity are translated by considerable gains in real life activities, emotional and social life components. The utilization of second-generation instruments and modern psychometric methods, however, appears to be the best current strategy to optimize the impact of cataract surgery on health-related quality of life.
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Quintana JM, Aguirre U, Las-Hayas C, Gonzalez N, Garcia S, Escobar A. Use of the patient acceptable symptom state and the minimal clinically important difference to evaluate the outcomes of cataract extraction. Am J Ophthalmol 2011; 152:234-243.e3. [PMID: 21683328 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Revised: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine the minimal clinically important difference and the patient acceptable symptom state for visual acuity and visual function, 2 key visual outcomes for patients undergoing cataract extraction, as an aid for evaluating the outcome of cataract extraction. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS SETTING Multicenter study of 17 hospitals. PATIENTS A total of 4335 consecutive patients advised to undergo cataract extraction. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Sociodemographic and clinical data, including visual acuity (VA), patient satisfaction, and responses to the Visual Function Index 14 (VF-14) and transitional questions were collected before and after cataract extraction. The patient acceptable symptom state and minimal clinically important difference were estimated for the entire sample and for subgroups by preintervention status and presence of ocular comorbidities. RESULTS Among patients with simple cataract, postintervention patient acceptable symptom state values for VA ranged from 0.67 to 0.80, depending on preintervention VA, while VF-14 scores ranged from 88 to 90. For patients with any additional ocular comorbidity, VA ranged from 0.63 to 0.75, depending on preintervention VA, while VF-14 scores ranged from 86 to 92. For the entire sample, postintervention patient acceptable symptom state values were 0.75 for VA and 86.1 for VF-14 scores. Minimal clinically important difference for patients who reported being a little better ranged from 0.17 to 0.5 in VA and 0.41 to 37.46 in VF-14 scores, depending on preintervention status and presence of ocular comorbidities. CONCLUSION The minimal clinically important difference and patient acceptable symptom state values are complementary parameters that may help in the clinical decision-making process by providing more meaningful estimates of the impact of cataract extraction on 2 important outcomes, visual acuity and visual function.
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- Research Unit, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo - CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain.
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Las Hayas C, Quintana JM, Bilbao A, Garcia S, Lafuente I. Visual acuity level, ocular morbidity, and the better seeing eye affect sensitivity and responsiveness of the visual function index. Ophthalmology 2011; 118:1303-9. [PMID: 21376399 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To examine the relation between Visual Function Index-14 (VF-14) scores and VA by accounting for concurrent ocular comorbidities, effect of the better seeing eye (BSE), and VA before and after cataract surgery. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS A total of 4335 patients with cataract who completed the VF-14 before and after cataract surgery. METHODS Collaborating clinicians provided demographic and clinical data before and after cataract surgery. Lowess curves, general linear models, and Spearman correlation coefficients were used to study the relation between the VF-14 and the VA. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Scores in the VF-14 preintervention, change in VF-14 after surgery, VA before surgery, and VA change after surgery. RESULTS General linear models and Spearman correlation coefficients showed a significant (P < 0.0001) association between VF-14 score and VA (measured in decimal fraction) when the preoperative VA was ≤0.5 (20/40) and no association (P > 0.4020) when the VA was >0.5 (20/40). Small VA gains (≤0.5) after surgery only led to significant gains (P < 0.0001) in functionality in patients with other ocular pathologies and whose BSE was the surgical eye. Gains in VA >0.5 had a significant (P < 0.02) effect on VF-14 change scores in most patients. CONCLUSIONS The VF-14 seems to be more sensitive when the preoperative VA is <0.5 (20/40), especially in patients whose BSE is the surgical eye. The VF-14 seems responsive to increases in VA if the gains exceed 0.5. For gains <0.5, the VF-14 seems unresponsive, except for patients with other ocular pathologies in whom the BSE before and after surgery is the surgical eye.
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- Carlota Las Hayas
- CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain.
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Polack S, Eusebio C, Mathenge W, Wadud Z, Mamunur A, Fletcher A, Foster A, Kuper H. The Impact of Cataract Surgery on Health Related Quality of Life in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2010; 17:387-99. [DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.528136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Sarah Polack
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Greenberg PB, Liu J, Wu WC, Jiang L, Tseng VL, Scott IU, Friedmann PD. Predictors of Mortality within 90 Days of Cataract Surgery. Ophthalmology 2010; 117:1894-9, 1899.e1. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2009] [Revised: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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McClimans L. A theoretical framework for patient-reported outcome measures. THEORETICAL MEDICINE AND BIOETHICS 2010; 31:225-240. [PMID: 20526684 DOI: 10.1007/s11017-010-9142-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used to assess multiple facets of healthcare, including effectiveness, side effects of treatment, symptoms, health care needs, quality of care, and the evaluation of health care options. There are thousands of these measures and yet there is very little discussion of their theoretical underpinnings. In her 2008 Presidential address to the Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQoL), Professor Donna Lamping challenged researchers to grapple with the theoretical issues that arise from these measures. In this paper, I attempt to do so by arguing for an analogy between PROMs and Hans-Georg Gadamer's logic of question and answer. While researchers readily admit that the constructs involved in PROMs are imperfectly understood and lack a gold standard, they often ignore the consequences of this fact. Gadamer's work on questions and their importance to philosophical hermeneutics helps to show that the questions researchers ask about such constructs are also imperfectly understood. I argue that these questions should not be standardized, and I instead propose a theoretical framework that understands PROMs as posing genuine questions to respondents--questions that are open to reinterpretation.
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- Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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Bressler NM, Chang TS, Suñer IJ, Fine JT, Dolan CM, Ward J, Ianchulev T. Vision-related function after ranibizumab treatment by better- or worse-seeing eye: clinical trial results from MARINA and ANCHOR. Ophthalmology 2010; 117:747-56.e4. [PMID: 20189654 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2009] [Revised: 09/01/2009] [Accepted: 09/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of ranibizumab on the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) scores in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) according to whether the study eye was the better- or worse-seeing eye at baseline. DESIGN Within 2 randomized, double-masked clinical trials (MARINA and ANCHOR), the NEI VFQ-25 was administered at 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months. PARTICIPANTS We included 646 MARINA and 379 ANCHOR patients. INTERVENTION Patients were randomized 1:1:1 to monthly intravitreal ranibizumab (0.3 or 0.5 mg) or control (sham injections for MARINA; photodynamic therapy [PDT] with verteporfin for ANCHOR). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Mean change from baseline in NEI VFQ-25 scores at 12 and 24 months. RESULTS Across all treatment arms, 21% to 38% of enrolled eyes were the better-seeing eye. At the 24-month follow-up visit, mean change in composite scores with ranibizumab seemed to be better than control for both better-seeing eyes (8.4 [95% confidence interval (CI), 5.2-11.6], 7.5 [95% CI, 3.7-11.4], and -9.4 [95% CI, -12.5 to -6.3] for the 0.3-mg, 0.5-mg, and sham groups, respectively) and worse-seeing eyes (1.7 [95% CI, -1.1 to 4.4], 1.7 [95% CI, -0.7 to 4.1], and -5.4 [95% CI, -7.9 to -2.8] for the 0.3-mg, 0.5-mg, and sham groups, respectively) in MARINA, as well as the better-seeing eye in ANCHOR (11.3 [95% CI, 5.3-17.3], 13.3 [95% CI, 7.7-19.0], and -2.7 [95% CI, -9.0 to 3.7] for the 0.3-mg, 0.5-mg, and PDT groups, respectively). When the worse-seeing eye was treated in ANCHOR, such differences could not be detected at 24 months (1.3 [95% CI, -1.7 to 4.2], 2.6 [95% CI, -1.1 to 6.3], and 0.1 [95% CI, -3.5 to 3.7] for the 0.3-mg, 0.5-mg, and PDT groups, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Analysis of patient perception of vision-related function in phase III trials evaluating ranibizumab for neovascular AMD demonstrates improved patient-reported outcomes regardless of whether the treated eye is the better- or worse-seeing eye at onset of treatment, and supports treatment of such lesions with ranibizumab, even those in the worse-seeing eye. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S) Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found after the references.
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- Neil M Bressler
- Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-0005, USA.
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Lundqvist B, Mönestam E. Ten-year longitudinal visual function and Nd: YAG laser capsulotomy rates in patients less than 65 years at cataract surgery. Am J Ophthalmol 2010; 149:238-244.e1. [PMID: 19926068 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2009] [Revised: 08/26/2009] [Accepted: 08/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the longitudinal subjective and objective visual functional results in adult cataract patients younger than 65 years at surgery. To evaluate the 10-year cumulative incidence of neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser treatment. DESIGN A prospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort study. METHODS The study comprised 116 patients younger than 65 years who had cataract surgery during 1 year at Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden. Most patients (94%) had received implantation with a hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens. Evaluated were visual acuity (VA) and visual function questionnaire (VF-14) results before and after surgery. A comparison with patients 65 years or older at surgery was made. Ten years later, 102 survivors were offered eye examinations and again asked to fill out the questionnaire. Past Nd:YAG laser treatment, as well as high- and low-contrast VA results, were analyzed. RESULTS Ten years postoperatively, 37% of the patients under 65 at surgery had been treated with Nd:YAG in comparison to 20% of the older patients. The cumulative incidence for not having Nd:YAG over 10 years was 72% for those under 65 and 85% for the patients 65 years or more at surgery. Eighteen percent of the younger patients had lost more than 0.1 logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution (logMAR) units of the operated eye, compared with 37% of the older (P = .00003). A reduction in VF-14 score of 10 points or more was found in 9% of the younger and 28% of the older cataract surgery patients (P = .00004). CONCLUSION Ten years after surgery, subjective and objective visual function remained stable in most patients younger than 65 years at surgery. More than one-third had received a posterior capsulotomy. Only a few patients with posterior capsular opacification requiring Nd:YAG were untreated at the 10-year follow-up.
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- Britta Lundqvist
- Department of Clinical Sciences/Ophthalmology, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
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Evans K, Law SK, Walt J, Buchholz P, Hansen J. The quality of life impact of peripheral versus central vision loss with a focus on glaucoma versus age-related macular degeneration. Clin Ophthalmol 2009; 3:433-45. [PMID: 19684867 PMCID: PMC2724034 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s6024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE It is well accepted that conditions that cause central vision loss (CVL) have a negative impact on functional ability and quality of life (QoL), but the impact of diseases that cause peripheral vision loss (PVL) is less well understood. Focusing on glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), the effects of CVL and PVL on QoL were compared. METHODS A systematic literature review of publications reporting QoL in patients with CVL or PVL identified 87 publications using four generic (Short-Form Health Survey-36 and -12, EuroQoL EQ-5D and Sickness Impact Profile) and five vision-specific (National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-51, -39, and -25, Impact of Vision Impairment and Visual Function-14) QoL instruments; 33 and 15 publications reported QoL in ARMD and glaucoma, respectively. RESULTS QoL was impaired to a similar extent by diseases associated with PVL and CVL, but different domains were affected. In contrast to ARMD, mental aspects appeared to be affected more than physical aspects in patients with glaucoma. CONCLUSIONS The differential impact upon QoL might be a function of the pathology of the diseases, for example potential for blindness and better ability to perform physical tasks due to retention of central vision may explain these observations in glaucoma.
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- Keith Evans
- Global Health Outcomes, Wolters Kluwer Health, Chester, United Kingdom.
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