| Variable | Cataract surgery group (n = 30) | No-surgery group (n = 15) | p* | p† | ||||
| Baseline | Follow-up | p | Baseline | Follow-up | p | |||
| NHVQoL, mean (SD) | ||||||||
| General vision | 57.2 (23.5) | 79.3 (15.8) | <0.001 | 65.7 (22.9) | 67.7 (21.1) | 0.653 | 0.014 | 0.005 |
| Reading | 69.4 (27.5) | 93.6 (12.1) | <0.001 | 78.3 (26.3) | 78.3 (22.2) | 0.999 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Ocular symptoms | 70.3 (29.8) | 86.3 (20.3) | <0.001 | 69.8 (32.1) | 81.0 (27.2) | 0.224 | 0.378 | 0.288 |
| Mobility | 82.9 (18.2) | 93.5 (5.6) | 0.008 | 90.2 (12.2) | 91.9 (9.8) | 0.259 | 0.511 | 0.323 |
| Psychological distress | 62.0 (27.0) | 77.7 (15.1) | 0.001 | 72.0 (17.3) | 68.4 (24.3) | 0.570 | 0.087 | 0.015 |
| Activities of daily living | 92.5 (15.8) | 97.1 (9.3) | 0.128 | 95.0 (19..4) | 94.2 (19.4) | 0.334 | 0.379 | 0.349 |
| Activities and hobbies | 85.2 (20.6) | 95.9 (11.9) | 0.001 | 95.4 (7.4) | 88.2 (24.4) | 0.171 | 0.142 | 0.083 |
| Adaptation and coping | 83.8 (26.9) | 93.3 (14.6) | 0.026 | 86.7 (18.6) | 85.8 (30.2) | 0.931 | 0.254 | 0.118 |
| Social interaction | 86.4 (20.1) | 98.1 (5.8) | 0.004 | 94.2 (9.5) | 91.2 (17.4) | 0.282 | 0.048 | 0.033 |
| VF-14, mean (SD) | 68.7 (23.5) | 93.6 (14.2) | <0.001 | 80.5 (24.3) | 82.0 (23.2) | 0.648 | 0.015 | 0.004 |
| SF-36, mean (SD) | ||||||||
| Mental component summary | 81.2 (16.1) | 85.3 (13.5) | 0.224 | 82.1 (11.1) | 86.5 (7.0) | 0.234 | 0.851 | 0.949 |
| Physical component summary | 45.9 (14.4) | 44.0 (14.2) | 0.523 | 45.9 (15.8) | 45.6 (14.3) | 0.897 | 0.745 | 0.914 |
| GDS, mean (SD) | 4.4 (2.6) | 3.9 (2.9) | 0.003 | 4.1 (3.5) | 3.4 (2.7) | 0.462 | 0.908 | 0.951 |
| Cataract symptom score, mean (SD) | 3.1 (3.6) | 1.1 (2.6) | 0.002 | 2.3 (4.1) | 1.7 (2.6) | 0.513 | 0.522 | 0.840 |
*Comparison of between-group changes from baseline to follow-up. †Comparison of between-group changes from baseline to follow-up, adjusted for age.