Patients' quality of life after cataract surgery

Introduction. Our goal is to assess the Quality of Life (QL) of our patients after cataract surgery. Materials and methods. We performed a multicenter prospective study from July 2012 to December 2013 including patients undergoing cataract surgery, aged 18 and older. A survey sheet with sociodemographic data, clinical data and QL survey (VF -14) was given to each patient after surgery at day 7 (07), one month (M1) and two months (M2) postoperatively. The final score was obtained by the following formula: QL =V (%)= (F __/__ C) x 25. The data analysis was performed using SPSS software. Results. A total of 100 patients were included, 56 men, and 61 years was the mean age. The mean QL score was 29.86% at 07, 73.97% at M1 and 81.21% at M2. Subjects between 18 and 30 years of age had a score of 90.15% vs. 82.52% at M2 for older patients. After optical correction, the quality of life scores increased from 83.22% at D7 to 93.18% at M2. Patients who did not have functional signs had a QL score of 83.94%. Anxious patients had a QL score of 44% at 07, 61.23% at M1 and 52.67% at M2. Conclusion. Good surgical outcomes require, in addition to clinical success, good quality of life. Several factors may influence this quality of life. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.