Table 5.

 Effect of previous cataract surgery on preoperative expectations and postoperative impressions

	First time surgery	Previous surgery	Significance
Preoperative expectations
Nervous	3.49 (2.1)	2.48 (2.4)	p = 0.002
Painful	2.48 (1.6)	1.44 (1.5)	p<0.001
Risky	2.15 (1.7)	2.32 (1.9)	NS
Expected VF-14	96.31 (10.5)	95.68 (9.9)	NS
Current satisfaction	4.07 (1.9)	2.15 (1.7)	p = 0.018
Postoperative impressions
Compared	7.93 (1.3)	6.44 (1.5)	p<0.001
Nervous	1.06 (0.9)	1.10 (1.)	NS
Painful	0.90 (0.8)	0.83 (0.9)	NS
Risky	1.34 (1.3)	1.51 (1.4)	NS
Understand	6.97 (2.2)	6.19 (2.9)	NS
Satisfied	8.06 (1.0)	7.95 (1.0)	NS

Tests: Mann-Whitney U for first versus previous surgery; VF-14 scale is 0 to 100 (100 = no disability). Comparison with expected: 5 = as expected, 0 = much worse, 10 = much better. Other scales: 0 = not at all, 10 = extremely.