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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1727-8120</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Humanidades Médicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Hum Med]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1727-8120</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1727-81202018000300634</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Impacto social de la calidad de vida visual en pacientes operados de catarata senil]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Social impact of the visual quality of life in patients who had underwent surgery of senile cataract]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Gil]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Romni]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mayor Castellano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lianet]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cisneros Causillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tania]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencia Médicas de Camagüey Filial Nuevitas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Nuevitas Camagüey]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>634</fpage>
<lpage>648</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1727-81202018000300634&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1727-81202018000300634&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1727-81202018000300634&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se presentan los resultados de la investigación La calidad de vida en pacientes con catarata senil atendidos en Nuevitas de junio a diciembre del 2016, con el objetivo de demostrar el impacto social de la cirugía. Para el estudio descriptivo, longitudinal, prospectivo realizado se seleccionaron 65 pacientes (65 ojos), los cuales constituyen la muestra seleccionada. Para medir el impacto se aplicó una planilla de recolección de datos, y el cuestionario de calidad de vida relativa a la visión (QOLQ-15) pre y postoperatoria. Se concluye que todos los pacientes fueron operados debido a un deterioro visual y funcional marcado. Luego de la cirugía se logró una recuperación visual satisfactoria, con una mejor calidad de vida que revela valores altamente significativos desde el punto de vista clínico, psicológico y social que contribuyeron a la reincorporación de estos ancianos a la sociedad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT It is presented the results of the investigation &#8220;The quality of life in patients with senile cataract attended in Nuevitas from June to December, 2016", with the objective to demonstrate the social impact of the surgery. For the descriptive, longitudinal, pilot study were selected 65 patients (65 eyes), which constitute the chosen sample. To measure the impact there was applied a chart of information compilation, and the questionnaire of quality of life relative to the vision (QOLQ-15) pre and postoperative. It was concluded that all the patients were operated due to a pronounced visual and functional deterioration. After the surgery a satisfactory visual recovery was achieved, with a better quality of life that reveals highly significant values from the clinical, psychological and social point of view that they contributed to the reincorporation of these elders to the society.]]></p></abstract>
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