Table 3.
Quality of Life Scores Preoperatively, 1 Month (M1), and 3 Months (M3) After Surgery in Patients With Macula-ON (ON) and Macula-OFF (OFF) RD (Unpaired Two-Samples Wilcoxon Test)
| Time Point | Macula-ON | Macula-OFF | P (ON vs. OFF) | |
| Mean Score | Mean Score | |||
| Composite score | ||||
| Preop | % | 86% ± 17% | 68% ± 26% | 0.007 |
| Postop M1 | % | 79% ± 21% | 75% ± 17% | 0.15 |
| Postop M3 | % | 87% ± 19% | 79% ± 17% | 0.03 |
| Subscale 1 (SFVFS) | ||||
| Preop | % | 83% ± 15% | 67% ± 27% | |
| R | −3.7 ± 1.7 | −2.1 ± 3.1 | 0.05 | |
| Postop M1 | % | 78% ± 20% | 74% ± 16% | |
| R | −3.4 ± 2.3 | −3.3 ± 1.7 | 0.19 | |
| Postop M3 | % | 82% ± 20% | 77% ± 17% | |
| R | −3.9 ± 2.2 | −3.5 ± 1.7 | 0.11 | |
| Subscale 2 (SFSES) | ||||
| Preop | % | 89% ± 19% | 69% ± 28% | |
| R | 1.9 ± 1.2 | 0.8 ± 1.6 | 0.002 | |
| Postop M1 | % | 79% ± 22% | 76% ± 20% | |
| R | 1.2 ± 1.3 | 1.0 ± 1.4 | 0.30 | |
| Postop M3 | % | 90% ± 21% | 81% ± 20% | |
| R | 2.0 ± 1.1 | 1.4 ± 1.2 | 0.01 |
%, the QoL score is expressed in %, where 0 represents the worst and 100 the best QoL; R, the QoL score transformed to the Rasch scale; SFVFS, short-form visual functioning scale; SFSES, short-form socioemotional scale.