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Survey finds 'negativity' related to degree of satisfaction after LASIK

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A psychiatrist presented a study showing that a patient's personality assessment correlates to their degree of satisfaction after LASIK.

Jennifer S. Morse, MD, discussed the findings at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting in Barcelona.

In the study, 300 non-consecutive subjects were seen at the Navy Refractive Surgery Center in San Diego.

The Armstrong Laboratory Personality Survey was administered before patients underwent bilateral LASIK to treat myopia and astigmatism and at 1 month and 6 months after surgery. Patients were asked to rate eight statements regarding regret and quality of life after LASIK.

"Among the different personality and psychopathology variables, only negativity as a personality trait was found to be significantly correlated at 1 month and 6 months. ... I'm quite open about the fact that these are weak correlations ... but I think that given the lack of research in this area, which I consider very important, in terms of patients' self-reports of satisfaction and patient perception of quality of life, this helps lead us in the direction of future research," Dr. Morse said.