Assessment of quality of life, psychosocial, and epidemiological aspects in patients diagnosed with tuberculous uveitis
Arq. bras. oftalmol
; 87(4): e2023, 2024. tab
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Purpose:
To assess the quality of life in patients diagnosed as having tuberculous uveitis and its association with sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial aspects.Method:
By conducting standardized interviews, clinical and demographic data were collected using a measure developed in this study. This measure was applied in addition to other measures, namely SF-12, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and NEI-VFQ-39, which were used to assess health-related quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms, and visual functioning.Results:
The study included 34 patients [mean age 46.5 ± 15.1 years, female patients 21 (61.8%)]. The mean of the VFQ-39 score was 74.5 ± 16.6 and that of SF-12 physical and mental component scores were 45.8 ± 10.1 and 51.6 ± 7.5, respectively, for the health-related quality of life. Anxiety symptoms were the most prevalent compared with depression symptoms and were found in 35.3% of the participants.Conclusion:
Tuberculous uveitis affects several scales of quality of life, thereby affecting a population economically active with a social, psychological, and economic burden.
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01-internacional
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LILACS
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En
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Arq. bras. oftalmol
Assunto da revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil