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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2024

Measurement of visual functioning following first and second eye cataract surgery using Vision-Related Activity Limitation Item Bank.

Vijaya K Gothwal, Vani V Muthineni, Konrad Pesudovs

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Vijaya K GothwalBrien Holden Eye Research Centre - Patient-Reported Outcomes Unit, L V Prasad Eye Institute, L V Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. vijayagothwal@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9712-6528
Vani V MuthineniKallam Anji Reddy Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Konrad PesudovsSchool of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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purposeThis study aims to compare visual functioning (VF) after first or second eye cataract surgery using the vision-related activity limitation (VRAL) item bank.

methodsThis prospective, interventional study included 787 patients (mean age, 58.2 years) with cataract undergoing cataract surgery (first eye surgery with/out ocular comorbidity, second eye surgery with/out ocular comorbidity) at a tertiary eye care center, South India, who were administered the item bank pre- and at 6 weeks postoperatively to assess change in VF. Rasch analysis was used to estimate VF at both time points, and responsiveness to cataract surgery was calculated as effect size (ES) which was interpreted as small (≤ 0.2), moderate (0.3-0.7), and large (≥ 0.8).

resultsMean best-corrected logMAR VA in surgical eye improved significantly postoperatively compared to preoperative VA (0.20 ± 0.40 vs. 1.19 ± 0.96; P < 0.0001) across all groups. Patients reported significant and large improvements in VF postoperatively across all groups: largest ES for first eye surgery without comorbidity (1.87 [95% CI, 1.61, 2.13]) and smallest for second eye without ocular comorbidity (1.55 [95% CI, 1.22, 1.88]). Compared to patients undergoing second eye surgery, first eye surgery patients reported significantly lower VF preoperatively (-0.72 ± 2.39 vs. 0.17 ± 2.34 logits; P < 0.0001), and a larger change in VF postoperatively (3.71 ± 2.33 logits vs. 4.27 ± 2.83 vs.; P = 0.004).

conclusionsCataract surgery resulted in large and significant improvements in VF, regardless of ocular comorbidity and first or second eye surgery. The VRAL item bank is a useful tool to measure responsiveness to cataract surgery.

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CataractCataract ExtractionOphthalmologyEyeHumansMiddle AgedProspective StudiesCataractItem bankOutcomesRasch analysisVision-related activity limitationVisual functioning

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