title: Correlation between early, measurable improvement in quality of life and speed of visual rehabilitation after phacoemulsification.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether improvements in measurable health-related quality-of-life (HR-QoL) functions parallel the rapid visual recovery after phacoemulsification.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Cataract Treatment Center, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland, England.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study comprised 144 patients having first-eye phacoemulsification cataract extraction. They were assessed using a standard EuroQoL generic (non-disease specific) multidimensional HR-QoL instrument to evaluate preoperative and 1 month postoperative health profile measures in social, psychological, and general health aspects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Within 1 month of phacoemulsification, change in vision was accompanied by significant changes in HR-QoL functions such as home activities, social activities, self-care, mobility, and psychological well-being.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The speed of visual rehabilitation after phacoemulsification was paralleled by improvement across HR-QoL functions, resulting in the rapid recovery of functional independence and health status.
authors.affiliation: Sunderland Eye Infirmary, England.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Jayamanne
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Currie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014792:Visual Acuity