Luci Meire P. Silva1; Tiago Eugênio Faria e Arantes1; Aristófanes Canamary Jr1; Yuslay Fernández Zamora1; Luciana Peixoto S. Finamor1; Ester Abigail Martins1; Ricardo Pedro Casaroli-Marano1,2; Cristina Muccioli1
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0042
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.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, ocular; Quality of life; Uveitis; Anxiety; Depression; Surveys and questionnaires
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