Patient Satisfaction, Personality, Presbyopia
Conditions
Keywords
multifocal presbyopic correction, personality traits, vision oriented quality of life
Brief summary
Primary objective of this study is the exploration of the impact of personality type, social roles and working mandates οn the visual capacity and satisfaction of patients that underwent pseudophakic presbyopic correction.
Detailed description
Personality type, social types and working mandates will be evaluated as a routine procedure to patients that visit the Presbyopia Service of the University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, by means of structured questionnaires. Six months following pseudophakic presbyopic correction surgery, each study participant will be evaluated for his/her visual capacity and vision-specific quality of life. Regression modeling will be attempted in order to identify the exact demographics, social roles and personality type of the patient that is most compatible to receive pseudophakic presbyopic correction.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTTPQue Greek version, NEI-VFQ-25 Greek version
Study participants with non surgical presbyopic correction will be evaluated with TPQue regarding their personality traits. Visual acuity will also be assessed. Study participants with pseudophakic presbyopic correction will be evaluated with the TPQue before surgery. They will also be visual acuity evaluation and NEI-VFQ-25 assessment six months after surgery.
Sponsors
Democritus University of Thrace
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* presbyopia, patients of our outpatient ophthalmology clinic, age between 40 and 85 years
Exclusion criteria
* inability to cooperate, former diagnosis of mental disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TPQue assessment | 6 months | Participants' personality traits will be evaluated by the examiner using the Greek version of the Traits Personality (TPQue) questionnaire, with a scale from 0 to 100. 100 is the highest percentage of a certain trait. |
| NEI-VFQ-25 assessment | 6 months | Participants' vision oriented quality of life will be assessed using the Greek version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25), with a scale from 0 to 100. 100 being the highest satisfaction rate. |
Countries
Greece
Outcome results
None listed