Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery: patient perceptions and preferences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent national data suggests that less than 0.5% of NHS cataract patients undergo immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS). Since ISBCS improves service efficiency, increasing its practice may help tackle the ever-growing burden of cataract in the UK, and reduce the COVID-19 cataract backlog. Surgeon attitudes are known to be a significant barrier to increasing the practice of ISBCS. However, little is known about patient perceptions of ISBCS.

Methods

Patients at cataract clinics across three NHS hospital sites were recruited to complete an investigator-led structured questionnaire. Open-ended and closed-ended questions were used to assess awareness of ISBCS, willingness to undergo ISBCS and attitudes towards ISBCS.

Results

Questionnaires we

SUBMITTER: Malcolm J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9296758 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature