QUALITY EVALUATION OF PERFORMED PHACOEMULSIFICATION IN PATIENTS WITH AGE-RELATED CATARACT

The aim of the study was to develop a simple and universal questionnaire to assess the quality of cataract phacoemulsification. Under observation were 69 patients aged 48 to 85 years with age-related cataract. All of them underwent cataract phacoemulsification with implantation of toric intraocular lenses. The quality of the performed operation was assessed by the patients themselves, as well as by specialists using questionnaires developed by the authors. After the operation, the average visual acuity on the first day was 0.85±0.18, and 1 month after the operation it was 0.93±0.11. In most cases (94.3% and 94.2%, respectively), the patients themselves rated the operation performed at 4 and 5 points. Cataract phacoemulsification with implantation of toric intraocular lenses was rated by independent experts on average, also at 5 points, 72.5% and 68.1%, respectively. The survey showed that the developed questionnaires are easy to use and easy to use.