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Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction in Lacrimal Disorders

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Lacrimal disorders need not necessarily always have only a physical or a functional dimension; there may be emotional, social, and economic or a combination of these aspects to them. Understanding the different facets of patient and the caregiver’s perspectives of the disease before and after medical or surgical interventions contributes significantly to overall patient satisfaction. Rather than objective anatomical outcomes of a surgery alone, patient satisfaction is what all the surgeons should ideally aim for. It is in this context that the validated quality of life (QOL) questionnaires help the health-care providers. They are also a very useful tool for clinical research and standardization of outcomes.

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  1. Govindram Seksaria Institute of Dacryology, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad 34, India

    Mohammad Javed Ali F.R.C.S., F.R.C.G.P.

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Adel Al Suhaibani F.R.C.S.

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Ali, M.J., Al Suhaibani, A. (2018). Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction in Lacrimal Disorders. In: Ali, M. (eds) Principles and Practice of Lacrimal Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5442-6_47

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