Developing refractive management recommendations for patients undergoing cataract surgery: A Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Currently, there are no UK optometric guidelines regarding the pre and postoperative refractive management of patients undergoing cataract surgery. This study used a Delphi method to gain consensus on best practice.

Methods

Eighteen recommendations targeted areas of concern/variability in advice that were highlighted in an earlier focus group study of refractive management for patients who had received cataract surgery. These covered three topics: preoperative target refraction discussions, postoperative refractive management and driving advice postoperatively. The recommendations were then developed using evidence from optometry and ophthalmology clinical expertise and the research literature. Eighteen recommendations underwent a process of agreement and modificatio

SUBMITTER: Charlesworth E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature