title: Health status and patient satisfaction after corneal graft: results from the corneal transplant epidemiological study.
abstract: Purpose. To evaluate effects of corneal transplantation on the health-related quality of life and patients' satisfaction. Methods. Patients scheduled for elective penetrating or anterior lamellar keratoplasty completed by telephone interview the SF-12 Health Survey, before and one year after surgery, and a 6-item questionnaire on the satisfaction for graft outcomes. Results. The two questionnaires were answered by 1,223 patients. Transplantation did not influence the PCS-12 in males (ES = -0.01) and had a negative effect in females (ES = -0.18). Both sexes improved their MCS-12 (ES = 0.18 and 0.23, resp.). The majority of patients (83.1%) were satisfied by the outcome of the graft. Conclusions. This is the first report on the use of the SF-12 and one of the few that assess quality of life in patients after corneal transplantation. We showed that grafting improves patients' health-related quality of life results of patients, influencing mental health (i.e., psychological attitude, social interaction, and emotions) with minor effects on physical health (limitation, pain, and vitality).
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto, Via Paccagnella 11, 30174 Zelarino, Venezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fasolo
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capuzzo
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fornea
authors.forename: Anna Chiara
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Frigo
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monterosso
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zampini
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avarello
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galan
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sbordone
authors.forename: Adele Elisabetta
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ragucci
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gorla
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grigoletto
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ponzin