Objective  To evaluate the effect of optimizing the management measures of cataract ambulatory surgery. Methods  The patients who underwent cataract phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation in the Ambulatory Surgery Center of East District of Beijing Tongren Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University were selected. Patients between January and December 2021 (after the optimization of ambulatory surgery process) were included, and patients between January and December 2020 (before the optimization of ambulatory surgery process) were included as control. The three factors of age, gender and surgical eye type were used as predictive variables for propensity score matching. The proportion of patients who completed the surgery according to the scheduled time, the proportion of eye drops used according to the doctor’s instructions and the number of hospital visits before and after the optimization of the ambulatory surgery process were compared with the patients who successfully matched. Results  A total of 28306 patients were included, including 13284 before and 15022 after process optimization. There were 13467 males and 14839 females, with a median age of 70 (60, 78) years. There was no statistically significant difference in the age of patients before the process optimization (P>0.05), but there was statistically significant difference in gender and surgical eye (P<0.05). After the propensity score matching, a total of 12932 pairs of patients were matched successfully. After the propensity score matching, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in age, gender and surgical eye (P>0.05). After the process optimization, the proportion of patients who completed surgery on schedule (98.8% vs. 93.3%) and used eyedrops according to the doctor’s instructions (97.4% vs. 93.0%) were higher than that before the process optimization, and the proportion of patients who came to hospital more than 3 times (0.7% vs. 1.9%) was lower than that before the process optimization (P<0.05). Conclusion  The optimized ambulatory surgery process can help patients complete the surgery according to the scheduled time and use eye medication according to the doctor’s instructions, and can reduce the number of patients coming to the hospital.

Citation： WANG Guanyi, LIU Shuxian, NI Ruyang. Effectiveness evaluation of process optimization of cataract ambulatory surgery. West China Medical Journal, 2023, 38(2): 185-189. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202211198 Copy