AVALIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE VISUAL EM PACIENTES SUBMETIDOS A CIRURGIA DE CATARATA COM IMPLANTE DE LENTE INTRAOCULAR VIVITY

Cataract is an eye condition characterized by the clouding of the lens, the eye's natural lens, which results in a progressive loss of vision. This disorder affects millions of people worldwide, being defined as the leading cause of preventable blindness on the planet. The only treatment is the removal of the lens with the implantation of an intraocular lens (BMC Ophthalmology, 2016). This is a descriptive, observational, qualitative, and quantitative study based on the application of a questionnaire to patients undergoing phacoemulsification at a private ophthalmology center in Aracaju, the Instituto de Olhos Cristiano Mendonça, by ophthalmology specialist Dr. C.Q.M. This questionnaire was developed as an adaptation of the Visual Function Index (VF-14) by Pereira et al. (2017). It was initially designed to assess the visual impairment caused by cataracts. The objective of this study was to evaluate personal satisfaction and verify the effectiveness of the implantation of the AcrySof IQ Vivity intraocular lens in patients who previously underwent cataract surgery, associating it with postoperative refractive outcomes. Most participants who underwent this surgery achieved excellent refractive results and visual acuity, along with a positive association with the VF-14 questionnaire.