Table 2.
Postoperative Care Time, Duration per Visit, and the Number of Postoperative Visits in the Monofocal IOL and Presby-IOL Groups
| Monofocal Group | Presby-IOL Group | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean ± SD (Range) | N | Mean ± SD (Range) | ||
| Total time spent in office during the first postoperative year | 177 | 3:38 ± 1:36 (0:55–8:46) | 177 | 5:50 ± 3:35 (1:14–18:50) | <0.001 |
| Total time spent during the first 90 days | 177 | 2.59 ± 1:13 (0:51–7:30) | 177 | 3:39 ± 1:38 (0:43–8:30) | <0.001 |
| Total time spent during days 91–365 | 177 | 0:38 ± 0:55 (0:00–3:53) | 177 | 2:10 ± 2:53 (0:00–16:12) | <0.001 |
| Duration per visit during the first postoperative year | 867 visits | 0:44 ± 0.23 (0:02–2:30) | 1171 visits | 0:52 ± 0:33 (0:02–4:58) | 0.002 |
| Duration per visit during the first postoperative 90 days | 741 | 0:42 ± 0:22 (0:02–2:25) | 813 | 0:47 ± 0:31 (0:02–4:58) | 0.008 |
| Duration per visit during days 91–365 | 126 | 0:54 ± 0:27 (0:03–2:30) | 358 | 1:04 ± 0:34 (0:04–3:28) | 0.008 |
| Number of postoperative visits during the first postoperative year | 177 | 4.9 ± 1.6 (2.0–11.0) | 177 | 6.6 ± 2.9 (3.0–18.0) | <0.001 |
| Number of postoperative visits within first 90 days | 177 | 4.2 ± 1.1 (2.0–7.0) | 177 | 4.6 ± 1.3 (2.0–10.0) | <0.001 |
| Number of postoperative visits during days 91–365 | 177 | 0.7 ± 1.0 (0.0–6.0) | 177 | 2.0 ± 2.5 (0.0–12.0) | <0.001 |