Purpose: Translate and adapt the COVD-QoL questionnaire to Portuguese language and culture and assess the psychometric properties of the translated questionnaire. Methods: The questionnaire was adapted according to the methodology recommended by the literature. The final version of visual symptoms and quality of life questionnaire adapted to Portuguese (QSL-QOL) was applied in 130 volunteers, aged 18 to 30 years and 36 subjects completed the questionnaire at two different times. Results: The results showed good internal consistency for the full version […]

Purpose: Providing an objective and subjective evaluation of life quality and satisfaction level of the patients who underwent cataract surgery with implant of bifocal, multifocal and monofocal lenses. Methods: Bifocal lenses were implanted in 72 patients, aspheric multifocal lenses in 16 patients, apodized multifocal lenses in 20 patients and Monofocal lenses were implanted in 63 patients. The patients answered a 47 question questionnaire, whose results were evaluated and analyzed. Results: The level of satisfaction of the patients implanted with bifocal […]

PURPOSE: Development and validation of quality of life questionnaire in pseudophakic patients in Portuguese. METHODS: The modified Cataract TyPESpecification questionnaire was specifically developed to assess quality of life after cataract surgery, functional status evaluated with 10 items and contains 18 questions. All questions were applied by a single examiner, with the goal of graduating visual satisfaction from 0 to 10 (0 means very dissatisfied, 5 neutral, 10 very satisfied).This prospective comparative study included 142 eyes of 71 patients in Sao […]