Relationship between ocular surface disease and patient’s satisfaction among cataract surgical patients in Nigeria

To determine the effect of clinical and cytological features of ocular surface disease on patient’s satisfaction following small incision cataract surgery at a tertiary eye care centre. This is a prospective observational study of 70 consecutive consenting patients who underwent manual small incision cataract surgery(MSICS) at a tertiary eye care centre. All participants underwent ocular surface profile assessment using Schirmer I test (ST1), tear film break-up time (TBUT), conjunctival impression cytology (CIC) and ocular surface disease index (OSDI) at pre-operative visit, 1-week and 4-week post-operative visit. Patient’s satisfaction with surgical outcome was evaluated at 6-week post-operative visit using a rating scale of 1 to 10. Data were analysed using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY USA). The mean age was 68 ± 9.4 years with a male/female ratio of 1:1.1. The mean OSDI score decreased significantly (p