Table 2.

Quality of life scores in the study groups

Subscales	Study groups (Mean±SD)		Difference		P-value
	PRK (n=114)	Specs/CL (n=114)	Mean	(95% CI)
General Health	96.2±12	74.1±24.4	22.2	17 to27.4	<0.001
General Vision	90.1±17.3	66.3±23.2	23.8	18.2 to 29.4	<0.001
Ocular Pain	90.9±13.3	87.8±17.6	3.1	-1.2 to 7.4	0. 35
Near Activities	97.4±9.4	86.1±13.5	11.3	8.2 to14.5	<0.001
Distance Activities	96.6±7.5	82.7±15	13.8	10.6 to 17.1	<0.001
Social Function	99.9±0	92.7±15.6	7.2	4.2 to 10.2	<0.001
Mental Health	97.7±5.4	84±16.3	13.7	10.4 to 17	<0.001
Role Difficulties	98.5±4.1	84±20.5	14.6	10.5 to 18.6	<0.001
Dependency	100±0	95.8±11.9	4.2	1.9 to 6.4	<0.001
Driving	96.7±13.2	77.4±21.9	19.3	13.5 to 25.1	<0.001
Color Vision	99.9±0	98.3±7.1	1.6	-0.2 to -0.3	>0.99
Peripheral Vision	99.6±3.3	89.4±16.9	10.1	6.8 to 13.5	<0.001
Total Score	97±4.4	86.1±10.7	11	8.7 to 13.2	<0.001

SD, standard deviation; PRK, photorefractive keratectomy; Specs/CL, spectacles and contact lenses; CI, confidence interval