[Patient-reported Outcomes after Laser In Situ Keratomileusis Surgery].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate patient-reported quality of vision before and after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery.


METHODS
This study involved 140 patients who underwent LASIK surgery at Baptist Eye Clinic, Kyoto, Japan. Each patient was asked to respond to the Refractive Status and Vision Profile (RSVP) questionnaire prior to surgery and at 6-months and 5.5-years postoperative. In each patient, we defined the eye with better uncorrected visual acuity (VA) or with less refractive error as the better eye, and the other eye as the worse eye.


RESULTS
Even in the worse eyes, the percentage of eyes with an uncorrected VA of decimal 0.5 or greater was 93.5% at 6-months and 88.6% at 5.5-ears postoperative. The mean preoperative total RSVP score was 37.1, yet that score significantly improved at 6-months postoperative (p< 0 .001) and remained the same throughout the 5.5-year follow-up period. CCONCLUSION The patient-reported quality of vi-ion post LASIK surgery was improved and remained improved throughout the 5.5-year follow-up period.
Osamu
O
Hieda
Yo
Y
Nakamura
Koichi
K
Wakimasu
Kiyoshi
K
Yamamura
Yoshimi
Y
Suzukamo
Shigeru
S
Kinoshita
D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014785:Vision, Ocular