title: The changes of quality of life in the patients after phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the improvement and maintenance of the quality of life in the patients after phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study population consisted of 116 patients receiving phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation. They were interviewed using the quality of life questionnaire, and the clinical outcomes were evaluated before surgery and at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months after surgery respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients reported similar scores of quality of life and all the four subscales among 1-week , 1-month, 3-month and 6-month follow-up visit after surgery, all of which were higher than the scores before surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients receiving phacoemulsification reported rapid improvement in quality of life after surgery, and the quality of life scores were not changed significantly from 1 week to 6 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Jiewei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Mingguang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014792:Visual Acuity