Development of a rapid point-of-care patient reported outcome measure for cataract surgery in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For patient undergoing cataract surgery in India, existing patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are either not culturally relevant, have not been adequately validated, or are too long to be used in a busy clinical setting. We sought to develop and validate a brief and culturally relevant point-of-care PRO measure to address this need.

Methods

Twelve items from the Indian Visual Functioning Questionnaire (IND-VFQ) were selected based on preliminary data. Patients 18 years and older were prospectively recruited at Aravind Eye Care System in Madurai, India. Clinical and sociodemographic data were collected and the 12-item short-form IND-VFQ (SF-IND-VFQ) was administered pre- and post-operatively to 225 patients; Factor analysis and Rasch modeling was performed to

SUBMITTER: Ehrlich JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5789621 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature