Differences in Satisfaction Ratings between Men and Woman after Implanting Multifocal Intraocular Lenses (Mfiols) in Cataract Surgery

Purpose: To investigate if patient gender was linked to overall satisfaction following implantation with MFIOLs.

Methods: Patient satisfaction scores,1-Very satisfied, 2-Satisfied or 3-Not satisfied with overall quality of vision at distance and near, were analysed one year following implantation surgery with [i]Array(Abbot), [ii] MF4(Zeiss), [iii]Tecnis(AMO) or [iv]ReZoom (Abbot). Non-parametric tests were used to determine significance of any apparent differences in distribution of overall satisfaction scores based on gender alone.

Results: Of 200 patients, 40 (18f, 22m) were implanted with [i],40(18f, 22m) with [ii],40(21f,19m) with [iii] &80(28f, 52m) with[iv]. There was no inter-gender satisfaction bias after implanting [i] or [iv]. Women rated higher satisfaction after implanting [ii] or [iii] compared with men (p<0.01). Overall, 93% of women and 89.5% of men scored their satisfaction as 1 or 2. 

Conclusion: Most rated satisfaction as either 1 or 2. Women reported greater satisfaction with MFIOLs compared with men especially after implantation of the MF4 orTecnis MFIOLs.

Keywords: Bias; cataract; gender; MFIOLs; satisfaction.