Patients' Short-term Satisfaction With Cataract Surgery and Long-Term Sustainability of Improved Visual-Related Quality of Life Over 3 Postoperative Years.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess self-reported satisfaction following cataract surgery, and the sustainability of improved visual function and health-related quality of life in a cataract surgical cohort over 3 years post-phacoemulsification surgery.

Design: A clinic-based cohort study.

Methods: Cataract surgical patients were recruited and followed up annually after surgery.

Visual impairment corrected via cataract surgery and 5-year survival in a prospective cohort.

Purpose: To compare mortality risk between cataract surgical patients with corrected and persistent visual impairment.

Design: Cohort study.

Methods: A total of 1864 consecutive patients, aged ≥64 years, undergoing phacoemulsification surgery at Westmead Hospital were followed annually for 5 years postoperatively.

Three-year incidence and factors associated with posterior capsule opacification after cataract surgery: The Australian Prospective Cataract Surgery and Age-related Macular Degeneration Study.

Purpose: To assess 3-year incidence and associated factors of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) after phacoemulsification surgery.

Design: Cohort study.

Methods: A total of 1934 consecutive patients aged ≥64 years undergoing phacoemulsification surgery at Westmead Hospital were recruited, of whom 1495 (77.

Long-term changes in visual acuity in an older population over a 15-year period: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To describe the change in visual acuity (VA) and incidence of visual impairment (VI) in an older population over a 15-year period.

Design: Population-based cohort.

Participants: Of the 3654 participants of the Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) baseline examination from 1992 through 1994, 1149 were re-examined during the 15-year follow-up between 2007 and 2010.

Visual impairment and subsequent use of support services among older people: longitudinal findings from the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To assess the impact of visual impairment and blindness on the incident use of community support services in the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Design: Population-based cohort.

Methods: Of 3654 baseline participants (1992-1994), 2334, 1952, and 1149 were re-examined after 5, 10, and 15 years, respectively.

Correction of visual impairment by cataract surgery and improved survival in older persons: the Blue Mountains Eye Study cohort.

Objective: We assessed whether correction of visual impairment (VI) by cataract surgery was associated with improved long-term survival in an older Australian population.

Design: Population-based cohort study.

Participants: In the Blue Mountains Eye Study, 354 participants, aged ≥ 49 years, had both cataract and VI or had undergone cataract surgery before baseline examinations.

Incidence and progression of epiretinal membranes in eyes after cataract surgery.

Purpose: To assess eye-specific epiretinal membrane (ERM) incidence 3 years after phacoemulsification surgery, and ERM detection bias attributable to cataract.

Design: Cohort study.

Methods: We recruited 1932 cataract surgical patients aged ≥64 years at Westmead Hospital (2004-2007).

Risk of age-related macular degeneration 3 years after cataract surgery: paired eye comparisons.

Objective: To clarify possible associations between cataract surgery and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Design: Clinic-based cohort.

Participants: We followed cataract surgical patients aged 65+ years in the Australian Cataract Surgery and Age-related Macular Degeneration (CSAMD) study.

Long-term outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract surgery performed by trainees and consultants in an Australian cohort.

Background:   It is unclear whether differences exist in surgical complication rates and long-term visual acuity outcomes between patients whose phacoemulsification cataract surgery was performed by ophthalmological trainees and those performed by consultants.

Design:   Prospective clinical cohort study.

Participants:   1851 participants of the Cataract Surgery and Age-related Macular Degeneration study, aged ≥64 years, had cataract surgery performed at Westmead Hospital, Sydney.

Sustainability of visual acuity in the first 2 years after cataract surgery.

Purpose: To assess whether improved visual acuity (VA) is sustained 2 years after the cataract surgery.

Methods: The Cataract Surgery and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (CSAMD) study followed 1936 patients aged ≥ 65 years undergoing phacoemulsification cataract surgery at Westmead Hospital (Sydney, Australia) between 2004 and 2007. Presenting and pinhole VA were assessed and retinal photography was performed annually.

Visual outcomes 12 months after phacoemulsification cataract surgery in patients with diabetes.

Purpose: To assess cataract surgery visual outcomes 12 months postoperatively in patients with diabetes, with or without diabetic retinopathy (DR), compared to patients without diabetes.

Methods: We followed 1192 cataract surgical patients aged ≥65 for 12 months postoperatively. Standardised pre- and postoperative pinhole LogMAR visual acuity (VA) measurements were taken.

Survey effect on use of eye care by older persons with correctable visual impairment.

Purpose: To assess changes in the pattern of eye care utilization among older Australians with correctable visual impairment, identified in an eye survey.

Methods: The Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) examined 3654 Australians aged >or= 49 years at baseline (BMES-I). Five-year follow-up examinations were attended by 2334 participants, 75.