The Changes of Quality of Life in the Patients after Phacoemulsification with Intraocular Lens Implantation

Purpose: To investigate the improvement and maintenance of the quality of life in the patients after phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation.Methods :The study population consisted of 116 patients receiving phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation. They were interviewed using the quality of life questionnaire, and the clinical outcomes were evaluated before surgery and at 1 week, 1month, 3 months, 6 months after surgery respectively.Results:Patients reported similar scores of quality of life and all the four subscales among 1-week, 1-month , 3-month and 6-month follow-up visit after surgery, all of which were higher than the scores before surgery.Conclusion: Patients receiving phacoemulsification reported rapid improvement in quality of life after surgery, and the quality of life scores were not changed significantly from 1week to 6 months after surgery.

作 者：

Jiewei Liu Jingjing Xu Mingguang He  

作者单位：

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center,Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060,China 

刊 名：

眼科学报  ISTIC

英文刊名：

EYE SCIENCE 

年，卷(期)：

2004 20(3) 

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关键词：

phacoemulsification   lens,intraocular   quality of life  

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机标关键词：

Intraocular Lens Implantationquality of lifeintraocular lens implantation 

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