Changes of Quality of Life and Its Related Factors In Patients Receiving Cataract Surgery
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Chen, Yo-Ning
Abstract
Cataract is one of the most common age-related ophthalmic diseases. The main treatment is surgery. The purposes of this study were to examine the changes of visual quality of life (QOL) and its relationship with the changes of general quality of life (physical and psychological function), depression, anxiety and fatigue status in cataract patients before and after surgery. A cross-sectional correlational study was applied to recruit subjects from a medical center in Northern Taiwan. We used a set of questionnaires: National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ- 25), the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) and the general information, to assess variables listed in this study. A total of 78 subjects were recruited by purposive sampling. The results show a significant improvement in the general QOL, visual functioning QOL and a reduction in the degree of anxiety, depression and fatigue after the surgery (p<0.01). Within the subcategories of visual quality (NEI VFQ-25), general health, general vision, role limitation, distance vision, mental health, and dependency are associated with the Physical Component Summary (PCS) (p<0.01). In addition, general health, general vision, mental health and dependency are associated with the Mental Component Summary (MCS) (p<0.01). The change of the visual function before and after surgery are positively correlated with the changes of that of levels of anxiety, depression and fatigue (p<0.01). In conclusion, patients with cataract surgery have major improvement in their vision, visual related QOL and the general QOL. It also has positive improvement in fatigue, depression and anxiety.
Subjects
Cataract
Vision quality life
Quality life
Anxiety
Depression
Fatigue
SDGs
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