Research Article
Visual Acuity Changes during Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran
Table 2
Visual acuity changes in 2nd, 3rd, and postnatal trimesters compared to 1st trimester.
| | | Pregnancy trimesters | No changes in
visual acuity | Decreased
visual acuity | Increased visual acuity |
| | Distance visual acuity in right eye | Second trimester | 46* (46%) | 54 (54%) | None** | | Third trimester | 26 (26%) | 72 (72%) | 2 (2%) | | Postnatal | 86 (88.7%) | 8 (8.2%) | 3 (3.1%) |
| | Near visual acuity in right eye | Second trimester | 101 (99.0%) | 1 (1.0%) | None | | Third trimester | 90 (89.1%) | 10 (9.9%) | 1 (1.0%) | | Postnatal | 86 (86.0%) | 4 (4.0%) | 10 (10.0%) |
| | Distance visual acuity in left eye | Second trimester | 41 (41.7%) | 59 (59.0%) | None | | Third trimester | 19 (19.2%) | 80 (80.8%) | None | | Postnatal | 80 (81.6%) | 8 (8.2%) | 10 (10.2%) |
| | Near visual acuity in left eye | Second trimester | 88 (88.0%) | 12 (12.0%) | None | | Third trimester | 77 (77.8%) | 22 (22.2%) | None | | Postnatal | 92 (93.9%) | 3 (3.1%) | 3 (3.1%) |
| | Distance visual acuity binocularly | Second trimester | 49 (49.0%) | 51 (51.0%) | None | | Third trimester | 25 (25.3%) | 74 (74.7%) | None | | Postnatal | 81 (82.7%) | 8 (8.2%) | 9 (9.2%) |
| | Near visual acuity binocularly | Second trimester | 89 (89.0%) | 11 (11.0%) | None | | Third trimester | 79 (79.8%) | 20 (20.2%) | None | | Postnatal | 91 (92.9%) | 4 (4.1%) | 3 (3.1%) |
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Number of patients.
**“None” means visual acuity has reversed to its level on 1st trimester.
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