Cirugía de catarata en pacientes longevos: repercusión sobre su calidad de vida y funcionabilidad

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Inés Zamora Galindo¹  Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol¹  Yisel María Mayo Saavedra¹  Alina González Díaz¹  Kattia Molina Castellanos¹  Jorge Jackson Villalpando Rodríguez¹ 

[1] Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos.

关键词: extracción de catarata;    anciano;    calidad de vida;    agudeza visual;   

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学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Centro Provincial de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas de Cinfuegos

【 摘 要 】

Background:cataract surgery becomes highly valuable in our days because it acts on one of the leading causes of preventable blindness. Objective:To assess the impact of cataract surgery on the functionality and life quality of the elderly. Methods:case series study of all elderly patients who attended Ophthalmology Consultation at theIntegral Diagnostic Center Mesones in Bolivar, Anzoategui State, Venezuela,from February to November 2007 forcataract surgery and who met the inclusion criteria. A survey and a set of assessment tools were applied in order to measure: functional status, siymptoms score and visual VF-14 function index which provided an assessment of life quality in two stages: in the preoperative stage and three months after surgery, thus allowing restoration of the various functions after surgery.Results:There was a significant improvement in visual acuity represented by a visual recovery of a 92%; according VF-14 index of visual function, life quality improved in a 92 %; general validism was recovered in 482 patients and 57 of them are considered to depend on other people for only one activity of their daily living, 6.1% of patients still present symptoms related to symptom score. Conclusions:patients who underwent cataract surgery showed evidence of improvement in visual acuity, functionality and life quality.

【 授权许可】

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