Abstract

DIAZ MARTINEZ, Tania Aimeé; TORRES ORTEGA, Rosario; ZERQUERA RODRIGUEZ, Tania  and  ESCALONA TAMAYO, Manuela. Motivation and satisfaction of myopic patients undergoing LASIK surgery. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2009, vol.22, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze motivation and levels of satisfaction of myopic patients who under went Excimer laser refractive surgery. METHODS: One hundred and twenty six myopic patients (241 eyes), who had gone to the Refractive Surgery service and operated on by LASIK refractive surgery at Dr. "Carlos J. Finlay" Military Hospital, were surveyed to analyze their main motivation and the level of satisfaction three months after surgery. The following variables were included personal data, motivation for surgery, refraction, visual acuity, side effects and general level of satisfaction as well as their relation with the other analyzed variables. RESULTS: The average age of surveyed patients was 30 years (20 to 54 years). Myopic females were more common (68.2 %). The previous prescription ranged -1.50 to -12 D of spheral equivalent, and at the time of survey, it was under ± 1D. The main motivation found in 82.9 % of patients was improvement of their visual acuity; 9.9 % wanted more comfortability, 2.4 % expressed intolerance to contact lenses, 1.2 % desired to improve their image and 1.6% needed it to get access to new jobs, as well as vision differences between the eyes. The level of satisfaction was as follows: 96.3 % of the surveyed people were very pleased, 2.8 % pretty satisfied, 0.4 % was little satisfied and 0.4 % very unsatisfied. The level of satisfaction was related to the previous prescription of the eyes of the patient. The most satisfied patients were those who had undergone surgery to improve their visual acuity. Generally speaking, the level of satisfaction was high (over 98 %). CONCLUSIONS: The level of satisfaction of the operated patients with LASIK was acceptable or high in most of cases.

Keywords : Excimer laser; myopia; patient's satisfaction.

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