PURPOSE:Identification of emotional factors related to daily difficulties and surgical treatment among patients with cataract at a university hospital. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out by means of a questionnaire, elaborated based on a previous study. The sample consisted of patients seen at the cataract unit of the ophthalmology clinic of a university hospital. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 110 individuals of both sexes (34.5% men; 65.5% women) between the ages of 43 and 89 (average 69.0 ± 10.3 years); 26.4% had never attended school, 59.1% had primary education, and 87.3% had no payed occupation. Most of the patients reported daily difficulties due to their ocular condition (82.7%), and 54.0% reported fear of visual loss. Doubt as to the outcome (32.7%), distress (26.4%), and sadness (25.5%) were reported. CONCLUSIONS: Most of the patients reported difficulties in daily activities as a consequence of cataract. Fear was the predominant feeling related to undergoing surgery. The findings suggest the need for implementing intervention courses for emotional preparation for facing daily activities and cataract surgery.

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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 Paulo University. The ophthalmologic evaluation performed included near, intermediate and distance corrected and uncorrected visual acuity and quality of life questionaire. The minimum follow-up was 6 months. Results: The mean age of patients was 60.7± 6.6 years in theTecnis ® MF, 63.1 ±4.4 years in-groupRestor ® 63.7±4.2 years in-group SN60AT/SN60WF. Uncorrected and distance-corrected near visual acuity were statistically higher in theRestor ® and Tecnis ® groups compared to the SN60AT/SN60WF group (p<0.001). There were no statistical differences between groups comparing uncorrected and best-corrected distance visual acuity (p=0.56). Satisfaction questionnaire showed high glasses independence fortheTecnis ® MF (9.3 /10) and Restor ® (8.7 /10) INTRODUCTIONP hacoemulsification and IOL implantation using increasingly smaller incisions have allowed rapid visual recovery with low rates of complications in the hands of experienced surgeons, as well as good quality of vision in the postoperative period. Assessment of the quality of vision can be done through various tests, such as those assessing contrast sensitivity, which is the ability to distinguish the details of images and depends on ambient brightness (1)(2)(3)(4) .In order to provide additional benefits to the visual quality of pseudophakic patients, intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been refined using an aspherical lens design to correct positive spherical aberrations of the cornea (5)(6)(7)(8) . One such aspherical lens is the SN60WF lens, developed from the SN60AT lens, both produced by Alcon Laboratories (Fort Worth, Texas, USA). The former provides greater reduction in spherical aberrations with better vision in low light conditions and increased contrast sensitivity in the postoperative period compared to the latter (5,6,9) .Monofocal IOLs are traditionally used for intraocular implants in cataract surgery. Do to their lack of optical correction, they do not provide a satisfactory depth of focus at varying distances. Despite the potential benefits of multifocal IOLs, their indications are still limited (10,11) .More advanced multifocal IOLs aim to provide contrast sensitivity similar that accepted for monofocal IOLs and to induce minimal optical aberrations. However, the scientific literature reports a loss of contrast sensitivity and functional vision associated with photic phenomena that affect patient satisfaction (12,13) .The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a quality of life qu...

Incisões relaxantes limbares ou incisões no meridiano mais curvo associadas a facoemulsificação com implante de lente intra-ocular multifocal: relato de três casos INTRODUÇÃO O resultado refrativo das cirurgias de catarata vem-se assemelhando cada vez mais à cirurgia ceratorefrativa, devido às novas técnicas cirúrgi-cas, aos novos instrumentos e aos modelos e materiais das lentes intraoculares (LIOs) (1) . O desenvolvimento de aparelhos de última geração para medida do comprimento axial, como o IOL Master ® (Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc.), baseado na interferometria a laser, e também nas novas fórmulas para cálculo do poder dióptrico da LIO, vem permitindo resultados mais precisos em relação às ametropias esféricas (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) . Entretanto, para atingir-se a excelência nos resultados refracionais finais, o manejo do astigmatismo corneal vem ganhando grande importância (1,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) . Diante do crescente uso das LIOs multifocais, é necessário que o astigmatismo corneal pós-operatório seja menor que 0,75 dioptrias. A eficácia dessas lentes diminui com a existência de astigmatismo maior que esse valor. Sabe-se que 36% a 45% da população idosa com catarata tem mais que 1,0 dioptrias de astigmatismo corneal e que aproximadamente 5% apresenta mais que 2,50 dioptrias (1) . , Alcon Labs) após incisão relaxante limbar (IRL) no olho dominante e incisão no eixo mais curvo da topografia no olho contralateral. Não foi encontrado nenhuma análise relacionada a dominância ocular e relaxante limbar na literatura. Acredita-se que essa associação pode ampliar as indicações de implante das lentes intra-oculares multifocais em pacientes com astigmatismo corneano significativo, devendo-se confirmar esta possibilidade por meio de futuros estudos. RESUMO RELATOS DE CASOS

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