A survey of the quality of life in high myopia in implantable Collamer lens and Artisan PIOL recipients

Objective To compare vision-related quality of life (QOL) in implantable Collamer lens (ICL) recipients and Artisan iris-fixed Phakic intraocular lens (Artisan PIOL) recipients in high myopia. Methods Retrospective study. There were ICL patients 17 cases (34 eyes), and Artisan PIOL patients 15 cases (30 eyes).in Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong General Hospital. QOL was measured with quality of life impact of refractive correction (QIRC) in consecutive patients at 3 months after ICL or Artisan PIOL implantation in high myopia. Independent-sample t tests (version 13.00, SPSS, Inc.) were used for statistical comparison of overall QIRC scores and in an exploratoryanalysis of scores for individual questionnaire items between ICL group and Artisan PIOL group. Results Before surgery, the average age (27.59±6.07 vs 26.87±4.84), spherical equivalent (-11.07±1.91D vs-11.51±2.11D) were similar in ICL recipients and Artisan PIOL respectively (P=0.715, 0.383). QIRC scores were significantly higher (P=0.001) in ICL recipients (47.98±3.60) than in Artisan PIOL (43.54±2.87). The score of item 2, 12, 20 in ICL recipients were significant difference than in Artisan PIOL (P=0.010, 0.043, 0.002). Conclusions ICL implantation may offer significant QOL advantages over Artisan PIOL in patients with high myopia. Key words: Implantable collamer lens; Phakic; Quality of life; High myopia