Background and Objective: Vision impairment caused by cataracts impacts patients’ daily activities, affecting their quality of life. This study aims to assess patients’ quality of life after cataract surgery using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25). Method: Participants were patients who had undergone cataract surgery at Yaounde Gyneco-Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital (HGOPY) and Essos Medico-Surgical Center between September 1, 2018, and May 31, 2019. Participants were evaluated preoperatively, 14 days after cataract surgery, and one month after cataract surgery.

85 diabetic patients were included (165 eyes). The mean age was 57.4 ± 9.4 years. The mean central macular thickness was 229.6 ± 53.8 µm. Optical coherence tomography detected a retinal abnormality in 78.2% of the eyes compared with 8.5% on fundoscopy. Abnormalities of macular thickness included perifoveolar thickening, macular thinning, subclinical macular edema and significant macular edema.