Hygeia Clinic, Gdańsk, Poland.
ArtLife Ophthalmological Center, Gdańsk, Poland.
Digit J Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar 19;27(1):6-12. doi: 10.5693/djo.01.2021.01.001. eCollection 2021.
To identify the information sources for patients undergoing laser vision correction.
Individuals who underwent corneal refractive surgery at a private practice from December 2017 to August 2018 and agreed to complete an anonymous questionnaire were included. The manifest refraction and surgical method was recorded and correlated with the questionnaire results.
Data collected from 126 patients (mean age, 32.8 ± 8.6 years; 55.6% women) were analyzed. Of 121 patients, 120 (99.2%) identified the Internet as a source for information on refractive surgery, and 71 of 119 (59.7%) noted that the clinic's website influenced their choice of clinic. Patients with high myopia more commonly used contact lenses and had considered undergoing refractive surgery for a longer time compared with patients with other refractive errors ( < 0.01 and < 0.01, resp.). Patients with hyperopia were less likely to know their own refractive error ( = 0.02).
In this patient cohort, the Internet was the main source of information for those undergoing refractive surgery.
确定接受激光视力矫正的患者的信息来源。
纳入 2017 年 12 月至 2018 年 8 月在一家私人诊所接受角膜屈光手术且同意完成匿名问卷调查的患者。记录了明视屈光度和手术方法，并与问卷结果相关联。
对 126 名患者（平均年龄 32.8 ± 8.6 岁；55.6%为女性）的数据进行了分析。在 121 名患者中，120 名（99.2%）将互联网作为屈光手术信息的来源，119 名患者中有 71 名（59.7%）表示诊所的网站影响了他们选择诊所。高度近视患者比其他屈光不正患者更常使用隐形眼镜，且考虑接受屈光手术的时间更长（均<0.01）。远视患者不太可能了解自己的屈光不正（=0.02）。
在本患者队列中，互联网是接受屈光手术患者的主要信息来源。
