VRQOL in Cataract Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Medical University Innsbruck116 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this questionnaire survey is to evaluate the improvement in vision-related quality of life before and after cataract surgery using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 and the delay of improvement in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

116

Conditions

Senile Cataract

Interventions

QuestionnaireOTHER

Patients complete the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 pre-operative, 1 month and 3 month postoperatively.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 50 years * Senile cataract * Indication for unilateral or bilateral cataract surgery * Postponed cataract surgery due to the COVID-19 pandemic * Signed and dated declaration of consent Exclusion Criteria: * Complex form of cataract (traumatic cataract, secondary cataract after intraocular inflammation) * Amblyopia on the eye that is to be operated on * Severe, visually impairing eye disease on the eye that is to operated on * Known dementia or memory problems

Locations (1)

Medical University Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Improvement Vision-related quality of life

Extent of improvement of vision-related qualitiy of life due to cataract surgery measured with the National Eye Institut Visual Function Questionnaire 25.

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Delay of Vision-related quality of life

Delay of improvement of vision-related qualitiy of life in the COVID-19 pandemic measured in days between the originally scheduled operation and the actual operation date

Time frame: 3 months

Visual acuity

Visual acuity difference between visual acuity at the time of indication for cataract surgery, on the day of surgery and one month postoperatively.

Time frame: 1 month

Central Contacts

Teresa Rauchegger, Dr.

CONTACT

+43 512 504 23721 teresa.rauchegger@i-med.ac.at

Claus Zehetner, Dr.

CONTACT

+43 512 504 23721 claus.zehetner@i-med.ac.at

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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