Survey of laser surgery patients

[Rebecca Petris]

Dear all,

An optometry student in the Czech Republic asked me to post a survey hoping to gather data to study dry eye after laser surgery. Please take the time to help her out by completing the survey - it's quick & easy.

Here's how:

1. Download the attachment to my post
2. Complete the survey and save the file.
3. Email it as an attachment to Linda at KunertovaLinda@seznam.cz

Thank you!

And Linda, my apologies for taking so long to get this done.

[Rebecca Petris]

OK... just realized an ongoing problem with file uploading is still 'out there'. We're working on it, but rather than wait for it to get fixed, I'm going to paste the text of the survey into my next post. For those of you participating in the survey, could you please copy the text into an email and type in your answers there? This may actually be easier than having to deal with file attachments anyway.

Thanks

[Rebecca Petris]

***Please copy the text below into an email and type in your answers. THANK YOU in advance for participating***



Anonymous questionnaire for patients after refractive laser surgery

By filling this questionnaire you will help us to gain valued data for research work that has to deal with influence of laser surgery on possible postoperative problem such as dry eye. It is possible harsh complication that can often lead to chronical stage that can worsen quality of many peoples life. This problematic is well known all over the world but it is not still enough discussed in connection with laser surgery. That´s why I believe that gathered data will be very good source for my research work but as well for public and many other eye specialists.
Thank you for your will,

Bc. Linda Kunertová
1. Are you?

a) man
b) woman

2. What laser operation did you go through to remove your dioptry?

a) PRK
b) LASIK
c) LASEK
d) epi LASIK
e) femto LASIK
f) not sure

3. Why did you undergo laser operation?

a) for aesthetical reasons
b) you could not stand your glasses no more or contact lenses in sports or other activities
c) other reasons

4. How many dioptry was removed to you by laser?

a) 0-3 D
b) 3-6 D
c) more than 6 D

5. Were you fully examined by your ophtalmologist before operation and fully aware of possible post operative risks?

a) yes b) no

6. Does feeling discomfort in your eye(s) still persist even longer after surgery ?

a) yes
b) no
c) sometimes

7. If yes then try to describe your feeling

a) feeling of burning
b) feeling of itching
c) feeling of having sand in your eye or foreign body
d) tearing
e) blurred vision
f) all mentioned above

8. Are your problems getting worse in… ?

a) air conditioned enviroment or heated places
b) smoky enviroment
c) windy
d) some other
e) u have problems all the time

9. Have you ever had before laser eye surgery such problems with your eyes that you were forced to use arteficial tears (eye drops to moist eye surface)?

a) yes
b) no
c) sometimes yes

10. Could you say that problems with your eyes (itching, burning, blurry vision…) appeared after your eye laser surgery?

a) yes
b) no

11. Do you use some eye moistener (eye drops, gels…) to relieve your eye discomfort?

a) yes
b) no
c) sometimes

12. Are your eye moisteners helping enough to get rid of your problems?

a) yes
b) no
c) partially


13. How often during day you must use your eye moisting preparations?

a) 1 time
b) 2-3 times
c) more than 3 times in a day

14. Do you suffer from some of following diseases?

a) diabetes
b) glaucoma
c) cataracta
d) rheumatoid diseases
e) hormonal changes (pregnancy, menopause, contraceptive pills, problems with thyroid gland…)
f) Sjogren syndrom (autoimune disease causing dry mouth and dry eyes as well)
g) eye injury (eye burn, chemical burn)
h) other condetion that is associated with dry eye
i) nothing of these

15. Would you ever undergo laser refractive surgery again?

a) yes
b) no

[Natalie06]

I don't mind being public

1. Are you?


b) woman

2. What laser operation did you go through to remove your dioptry?


b) LASIK


3. Why did you undergo laser operation?


b) you could not stand your glasses no more or contact lenses in sports or other activities

"to do something "positive" for myself LOL

4. How many dioptry was removed to you by laser?


b) 3-6 D


5. Were you fully examined by your ophtalmologist before operation and fully aware of possible post operative risks?

b) no

6. Does feeling discomfort in your eye(s) still persist even longer after surgery ?

a) yes


7. If yes then try to describe your feeling

a) feeling of burning
b) feeling of itching
c) feeling of having sand in your eye or foreign body
d) tearing
e) blurred vision
f) all mentioned above

8. Are your problems getting worse in… ?

a) air conditioned enviroment or heated places
b) smoky enviroment
c) windy
d) some other
e) u have problems all the time

9. Have you ever had before laser eye surgery such problems with your eyes that you were forced to use arteficial tears (eye drops to moist eye surface)?


b) no (I should have used tears but it just never occured to me)


10. Could you say that problems with your eyes (itching, burning, blurry vision…) appeared after your eye laser surgery?


b) no, but MUCH, MUCH worse and now chronic

11. Do you use some eye moistener (eye drops, gels…) to relieve your eye discomfort?

a) yes


12. Are your eye moisteners helping enough to get rid of your problems?


c) partially


13. How often during day you must use your eye moisting preparations?


c) more than 3 times in a day

14. Do you suffer from some of following diseases?


e) hormonal changes (pregnancy, menopause, contraceptive pills, problems with thyroid gland…)


h) other condetion that is associated with dry eye


15. Would you ever undergo laser refractive surgery again?


b) no

I also mailed in the survery...sorry Rebecca...too early in the am for me to absorb instructions....

[Rebecca Petris]

Friendly reminder

Please try and take time to help out with this survey. Thanks!!