PROs: Are We Performing Cataract Surgery Too Early?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs): Are We Performing Cataract Surgery Too Early?
IRAS ID
179545
Contact name
Umiya Agraval
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Research Co-ordinator, Research and Development, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
Cataract surgery is the most common elective surgical procedure performed in the UK, which can dramatically improve not only visual acuity but also generic health and vision specific qualify of life measures. In recent years, there has been a significant shift in surgical intervention for cataracts. Operations are being performed at a very early stage, before it impacts on the general wellbeing of the person. Patients’ perspective and measuring ‘Patient Reported Outcomes’ (PROs) gives a more realistic indication of the benefit of cataract surgery. Based on our clinical observations, we speculate, early cataract intervention does not lead to improvements in PROs in a proportion of patients. In this study, we propose to measure PROs using second generation tools to determine whether early cataract surgery is beneficial to the patients.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 3
REC reference
15/WS/0243
Date of REC Opinion
29 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion