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Objective: To assess the vision-releated quality of life before and after the cataract surgery among senile cataract patients. Material and methods: The Turkish translation of National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ 25) was surveyed to the patients who were planned to have phaco surgery at Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology before and at least 3 months after the surgery. Also demographic data (age, gender, education status), ocular findings (best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) before and after the surgery, type of cataract and ocular comorbidity were evaluated. Results: 19(54,3%) of the patients were female and 16(45,7%) were male. Their ages were between 35 and 81 years. 23(65,7%) patients were older than 60 years. The mean age was 66,48±9.98. BCVA according to the Snellen chart before surgery was 0,42±0,2. After the surgery it was 0,96±0,07. The BCVA of women before the surgery was 0,39±0,2 while the men’s BCVA was 0,46±0,2. The mean score of NEI-VFQ-TR 25 was 79,03±9,78 before the surgery and increased to 99,47±0,74 after the surgery (p=0,000). The men’s mean score was 81,8±7,6 and the women’s mean score was 77,1±10,9 before the surgery. After the surgery stastistically significant increases were seen in all scores (t= -10,25, -10,74, p=0,000). There was a stastically meaningful difference between the mean scores of low educated (primary school and under) and the high educated (high school and upper) groups before and after the surgery(p=0,000). Conclusion: The vision-releated quality of life among cataract patients has improved significantly after the phaco surgery. NEI-VFQ-TR 25 seems to be a valid and reliable tool to assess the difference. Key words: Cataract, phaco, visual function, quality of life,

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