Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Clinical characteristics | Telemonitoring group (n = 44) | Usual care group (n = 50) |
| Age (y), mean (SD) [range] | 70 (6) [54, 80] | 70 (8) [47, 87] |
| Sex, n (%) | ||
| M | 23 (52) | 23 (46) |
| F | 21 (48) | 27 (54) |
| Nationality, n (%) | ||
| Dutch | 34 (77) | 38 (76) |
| German | 3 (7) | 3 (6) |
| Austrian | 7 (16) | 9 (18) |
| Preop presenting VA score at the clinic (in logMAR), mean (SD)a | 0.28 (0.17) | 0.34 (0.26) |
| Preop refractive error (SEQ in D), mean (SD) | −1.22 (2.97) | −1.43 (3.99) |
| History of eye diseases and/or eye surgeries, n (%) | ||
| Refractive surgery | 3 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Blepharoplasty | 2 (5) | 4 (8) |
| Strabismus surgery | 1 (2) | 1 (2) |
| Post target refraction, n (%)b | ||
| Emmetropia | 37 (84) | 40 (80) |
| Myopia (SEQ <−0.5 D) | 7 (16) | 10 (20) |
| Surgical complicating factors, n (%)c | ||
| None | 40 (91) | 50 (100) |
| Corneal clouding | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Small pupil | 1 (0.02) | 0 (0) |
| Mature cataract | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Pseudoexfoliation syndrome | 1 (0.02) | 0 (0) |
| Other (eg, shallow anterior chamber) | 2 (0.05) | 0 (0) |
| CatQuest-9SF score (scale −6.00 to 6.00), mean (SD) | 3.03 (0.43) | 3.06 (0.62) |
| NEI-VFQ-25 composite score (scale 0-100), mean (SD) | 75 (12) | 74 (15) |
| General health condition: self-rated health score at baseline (scale 0%-100%), mean (SD) | 83 (12) | 82 (15) |
| EQ-5D-5L Index Values (scale 0.00-1.00), mean (SD) | 0.96 (0.06) | 0.91 (0.13) |
EQ-5D-5L = EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-level; NEI-VFQ-25 = National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25; SEQ = spherical equivalent
a
Preoperative VA was assessed with current prescription, if applicable
b
Target refraction was similar for both eyes
c
Potentially complicated surgical cases where not explicitly excluded from participation