Table 5.
Characteristics of trichiasis surgery patients according to change in physical functioning six months after trichiasis surgery
| Physical Functioning | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved | Same | Worse | ||
| Total Participants | 61.8% (254) | 31.1% (128) | 7.1% (29) | |
| Age (years), Mean (SD) | 49 (14) | 46 (13) | 54 (12) | 0.005 |
| Gender, % (N) | 0.155 | |||
| Male | 24.4% (62) | 30.5% (39) | 13.8% (4) | |
| Female | 75.6% (192) | 69.5% (89) | 86.2% (25) | |
| Baseline Entropion, % (N) | 0.047a | |||
| Mild | 47.6% (121) | 62.5 % (80) | 51.7% (15) | |
| Moderate | 16.5% (42) | 13.3% (17) | 17.2% (5) | |
| Severe | 35.8% (91) | 24.2% (31) | 31.0% (9) | |
| Trichiasis Recurrence by 6 months, % (N) | 2.0% (5) | 0.8% (1) | 0 | N/A |
| Bilateral Surgery, % (N) | 81.5% (207) | 77.3% (99) | 82.8% (24) | 0.605 |
| Mean (SD) change in logMAR of the eye with the maximum change in visionb | −0.243 (0.385) | −0.128 (0.293) | −0.136 (0.358) | 0.009 |
a
test for trend
b
4 people missing baseline vision data