Factors Influencing Subjective Visual Quality in Human Eyes

The sample size will be calculated using an appropriate sample size calculation formula. Using a random number table method, 1200 subjects scheduled for preoperative examination at the Refractive Surgery Center of Tianjin Eye Hospital between December 1, 2025, and May 1, 2026, will be randomly selected. Data including age, gender, spectacle wear status, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), spherical power, cylindrical power, intraocular pressure (IOP), mean keratometry (Km), corneal thickness, axial length, and degree of lens and vitreous opacities will be recorded. Pupil size under photopic, mesopic, and scotopic conditions will be measured using the Atongmu Pupillometer. Wavefront aberrations will be measured using the OPD-Scan III Aberrometer (OPD: Optical Path Difference). Subjects will complete the Quality of Vision (QoV) questionnaire.

Additionally, based on sample size calculation, using a random number table method, 300 subjects undergoing refractive surgery at the Refractive Surgery Center of Tianjin Eye Hospital between December 1, 2025, and May 1, 2026, will be randomly selected and prospectively followed up until 3 months postoperatively. Pupil size under photopic, mesopic, and scotopic conditions will be measured using the Atongmu Pupillometer. Wavefront aberrations will be measured using the OPD-Scan III Aberrometer before and after surgery. The effective optical zone (EOZ) will be measured and calculated using the Pentacam three-dimensional anterior segment analysis system. The QoV questionnaire will be administered postoperatively. Data will be collated and analyzed using statistical methods.

Inclusion criteria

• Myopic or myopic astigmatism patients aged 18 to 45 years.
• Transparent ocular media, absence of ocular diseases such as corneal leucoma, cataract, etc.
• Round pupils with normal light reflex, absence of dyscoria, corectopia, significant persistent pupillary membrane, or absence of the pupil.
• Absence of severe psychological or psychiatric disorders, ability to cooperate with examinations and questionnaire completion.
• Subject agrees to participate in this clinical study and cooperate with examinations and related procedures.

Exclusion criteria

• Opacities of the ocular media, such as corneal leucoma, cataract, etc.
• Pupil deformation, displacement, significant persistent pupillary membrane, or absence of the pupil.
• Severe psychological or psychiatric disorders.
• Concurrent diagnosis of other ocular diseases (e.g., glaucoma, corneal opacity, uveitis, etc.).
• History of ocular surgery or trauma.
• Nystagmus or inability to cooperate.