Ziyan Chen|Xianchai Lin|Bo Qü|Wuyou Gao|Yi Zuo|Wen-Yan Peng|Ling Jin|Minbin Yu|Ecosse L. Lamoureux
Preoperative Expectations and Postoperative Outcomes of Visual Functioning among Cataract Patients in Urban Southern China
Sun Yat-sen University|Sun Yat-sen University|Sun Yat-sen University|Sun Yat-sen University|Sun Yat-sen University|Sun Yat-sen University|Sun Yat-sen University|Sun Yat-sen University|National University of Singapore|Centre for Eye Research Australia|University of Melbourne|Singapore National Eye Center|Singapore Eye Research Institute
investigate relationship preoperative expectations actual postoperative outcomes visual function vf among patients undergoing first eye cataract surgerya longitudinal study 182 patients hospitals urban southern china surveyed prior surgery 3 month cataract surgery regarding preoperative expected postoperative actual postoperative vf items catquest9sf satisfaction cataract surgery addition detailed clinical data collected preoperatively postoperativelythe majority cataract patients urban southern china high expectations vf outcomes cataract surgery cases postoperative outcomes achieved expected level improvement mean standard deviation sd preoperative catquest9sf score 157 586 mean sd expected postoperative score 263 293 discrepancy actual expected improvement significantly correlated patients health literacy presence systemic ocular comorbidity preoperative visual acuity surgery eye locs iii nuclear opalescence cortical cataract gradingcataract patients urban southern china high expectations surgery outcomes patients low level health literacy presence systemic ocular comorbidity may need comprehensive counseling decrease discrepancy regarding expected actual outcomes