PMID: 9423901Jan 10, 1998Paper

Patient expectations and recollection of information about photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
G GeerlingH Laqua

Abstract

To assess the expectations of surgical result and recollection of a standardized information briefing by patients having photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany. Thirty-two patients were asked to complete a multiple-choice questionnaire immediately after standardized information briefings and 1 month after PRK to establish their comprehension of the information briefing, what they remembered of it, and what they expected from the refractive procedure. Although the estimated intelligence quotient of the patients was above average (115 +/- 7.23) and almost all rated the information briefings as being comprehensible, only simple, basic facts about PRK were remembered immediately after the briefing as well as 1 month postoperatively. Of 12 possible undesired consequences, 6.4 were remembered before surgery and 3.9 after surgery. The latter were mainly side effects the patients experienced themselves. As most patients rejected the possibility of serious complications, for medicolegal reasons, careful, accurate documentation of the contents of and patients' satisfaction with the information briefing is necessary.

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Apr 20, 2000·Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery·C N McGheeA D Brown
Apr 25, 2003·International Ophthalmology Clinics·Susan Vitale, Oliver D Schein

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