Cataract Surgery Experience
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose is to gauge the patients' level of comfort and anxiety for sequential cataract surgeries to assess if the second experience of cataract surgery differs from the initial experience.
Detailed description
Each patient is scheduled to undergo two sequential cataract extractions under topical anesthesia with local anesthetic eye drops and minimal sedation- one on each eye. The surgeon, basic surgical procedure, anesthetic technique, and approximate length of procedure are reasonably similar and the patients act as their own control. Subjects in the study will answer very brief questions regarding anxiety and comfort about their surgery before and after each procedure, and on the day after their second surgery.
Interventions
OTHERSurvey
Verbal survey will be given before and after the cataract surgery, and on the day following the second cataract surgery.
Sponsors
Ohio State University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Patients undergoing sequential cataract surgeries within a 6 week time period performed by the ophthalmologist, Amit Tandon, MD. 2. Aged 18 years and older.
Exclusion criteria
1. Cognitive impairment causing inability to participate in survey 2. Language barrier causing an inability to participate in survey 3. Healthcare POA or guardian leading to an inability to consent to survey 4. Physician autonomy; patients that are inappropriate for the study as deemed by investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | First and second cataract extraction surgery occuring within 6 weeks | Pain will be evaluated using verbal survey after each cataract surgery, scheduled to occur within 6 weeks time; subject will be asked if there was any difference in pain between surgeries on the day after the second cataract surgery. |
| Anxiety | First and second cataract extraction surgery occuring within 6 weeks | Anxiety will be evaluated using verbal survey before each cataract surgeries, scheduled to occur within 6 weeks time; subject will be asked if there was any difference in anxiety between surgeries on the day after the second cataract surgery. |
| Awareness | First and second cataract extraction surgery occuring within 6 weeks | Awareness will be evaluated using verbal survey after each cataract surgeries, scheduled to occur within 6 weeks time; subject will be asked if there was any difference in awareness between surgeries on the day after the second cataract surgery. |
| Comfort Level | First and second cataract extraction surgery occuring within 6 weeks | Comfort level will be evaluated using verbal survey after cataract surgeries, scheduled to occur within 6 weeks time; subject will be asked if there was any difference in comfort level between surgeries on the day after the second cataract surgery. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed