Impact of surgery on visual acuity and life quality of senile patients

Abstract

Background: Cataract surgery is widely accepted nowadays since it helps improving vision and life quality. Objective: To assess the visual outcome, life quality and advantages of microsurgery in one of the most common visual diseases. Methods: A prospective, descriptive, study including variables as age, gender, general and visual personal pathological history of all the patients who attended to the provisional consultation of the General Hospital “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima” in Cienfuegos between January, 1st 2008 and March 31st, 2008. 285 patients of 60 years and more were studied using questionnaires and a complete ophthalmological study. Results: Two months after the surgery it was proved that visual sharpness improved significantly reaching 0,5 and more in almost all the patients (97,2 %); 96,8% changes their life quality after the surgery. Satisfaction degree was 96.9 % and 96.8 %. Conclusions: We recommend this surgery since the operated patients present evidences of improvement in visual functioning and sharpness and life quality compared with their conditions before the surgery.

Keywords

• catarata
• cirugía
• agudeza visual
• longevidad
• calidad de vida