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ArticleBioMed research international2021

Effects of Cataract Surgery on Vision-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa and the Predictive Factors of Quality of Life Improvement.

Gen Miura, Takayuki Baba, Tomoaki Tatsumi, Hirotaka Yokouchi, Shuichi Yamamoto

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Article in BioMed research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Quality of Life in Patients with Posterior Segment Eye Diseases.Journal of ophthalmic & vision research · 2026
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  2. Gender-specific changes in vision-related quality of life over time - results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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  3. Quality of Life after Cataract Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gen MiuraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-8840
Takayuki BabaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-8391
Tomoaki TatsumiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8271-9403
Hirotaka YokouchiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Shuichi YamamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine the effects of cataract surgery and preoperative factors on the vision-related quality of life (QOL) in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). MATERIALS AND

methodsThis was a prospective, interventional study of 54 patients diagnosed with RP. The 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) was used to determine the QOL before and after the cataract surgery. The correlations between the scores of the questionnaire and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), macular structure, and degree of improvement of the NEI VFQ-25 scores were also determined.

resultsStatistically significant improvements were observed in the BCVA and all of the NEI VFQ-25 subscale scores except for color vision. The improvement of general vision was the largest. The postoperative BCVA of the better-seeing eye was more strongly and significantly correlated with the postoperative NEI VFQ-25 scores than that of the worse-seeing eye. All of the postoperative NEI VFQ-25 scores were significantly correlated with the length of the ellipsoid zone (EZ) of the photoreceptors. No significant correlation was found between the preoperative general vision, near vision, mental health scores, and EZ length. All of the preoperative NEI VFQ-25 scores except the social function and mental health scores were negatively and significantly correlated with the degree of improvement of the NEI VFQ-25 score. The EZ length was significantly correlated with the degree of improvement of the NEI VFQ-25 scores of the general vision, distance vision, mental health, dependency, and composite 9 scores.

conclusionsCataract surgery can significantly improve the NEI VFQ-25 scores in RP patients. The EZ length can be used to predict the postoperative VFQ scores. We conclude that the NEI VFQ-25 is a useful method to evaluate the impact of cataract surgery on the BCVA in patients with RP.

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Quality of LifeCataract ExtractionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative CarePreoperative CareRetinitis PigmentosaSurveys and QuestionnairesVision, OcularVisual Acuity

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