Primary objective of this study is the exploration of the impact of personality type, social roles and working mandates οn the visual capacity and satisfaction of patients that underwent pseudophakic presbyopic correction.
Personality type, social types and working mandates will be evaluated as a routine procedure to patients that visit the Presbyopia Service of the University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, by means of structured questionnaires. Six months following pseudophakic presbyopic correction surgery, each study participant will be evaluated for his/her visual capacity and vision-specific quality of life. Regression modeling will be attempted in order to identify the exact demographics, social roles and personality type of the patient that is most compatible to receive pseudophakic presbyopic correction.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
120
Study participants with non surgical presbyopic correction will be evaluated with TPQue regarding their personality traits. Visual acuity will also be assessed. Study participants with pseudophakic presbyopic correction will be evaluated with the TPQue before surgery. They will also be visual acuity evaluation and NEI-VFQ-25 assessment six months after surgery.
Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis
Alexandroupoli, Evros, Greece
TPQue assessment
Participants' personality traits will be evaluated by the examiner using the Greek version of the Traits Personality (TPQue) questionnaire, with a scale from 0 to 100. 100 is the highest percentage of a certain trait.
Time frame: 6 months
NEI-VFQ-25 assessment
Participants' vision oriented quality of life will be assessed using the Greek version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25), with a scale from 0 to 100. 100 being the highest satisfaction rate.
Time frame: 6 months
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