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Abstract
Aims: To assess visual function, vision related quality of life (VR-QOL), and general health related quality of life (HR-QOL) in intermediate uveitis (IU).
Methods: VR-QOL and HR-QOL were evaluated in 42 patients with IU using the VCM1 and SF-36 questionnaires, respectively. LogMAR visual acuity (VA), Pelli-Robson contrast sensitivity (CS), Farnsworth-Munsell 100 hue colour vision (CV), and Estermann visual field (VF) were recorded monocularly and binocularly.
Results: Median (interquartile range) visual acuity (VA) and CS of 72 affected eyes were 0.1 (0.015–0.3) and 1.55 (1.35–1.65), respectively. 9.5% of patients had a VCM1 score of more than 2.0, indicating “more than a little” concern over vision. Worse eye VA (p = 0.045) and CS (p = 0.042) were predictive of a VCM1 score of more than 2.0 independently of age, sex, uveitis duration, laterality and activity, systemic uveitis therapy, and medical co-morbidity. The physical and mental component summary scores of the SF-36 were significantly worse in those who reported significant impairment of vision on the VCM1 than those who did not.
Conclusions: The majority of patients with IU maintain good visual function and quality of life. VR-QOL impairment in IU correlates with vision in the worse eye and is associated with impaired HR-QOL.
- BIO score, binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy score
- CS, contrast sensitivity
- CV, colour vision
- HR-QOL, health related quality of life
- IU, intermediate uveitis
- MCS, mental component summary score
- PCS, physical component summary score
- SF-36 questionnaire, short form 36 questionnaire
- VA, visual acuity
- VF, visual field
- VR-QOL, vision related quality of life
- intermediate uveitis
- visual function
- quality of life
- VCM1
- SF-36
- BIO score, binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy score
- CS, contrast sensitivity
- CV, colour vision
- HR-QOL, health related quality of life
- IU, intermediate uveitis
- MCS, mental component summary score
- PCS, physical component summary score
- SF-36 questionnaire, short form 36 questionnaire
- VA, visual acuity
- VF, visual field
- VR-QOL, vision related quality of life
- intermediate uveitis
- visual function
- quality of life
- VCM1
- SF-36
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- BIO score, binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy score
- CS, contrast sensitivity
- CV, colour vision
- HR-QOL, health related quality of life
- IU, intermediate uveitis
- MCS, mental component summary score
- PCS, physical component summary score
- SF-36 questionnaire, short form 36 questionnaire
- VA, visual acuity
- VF, visual field
- VR-QOL, vision related quality of life
- intermediate uveitis
- visual function
- quality of life
- VCM1
- SF-36
- BIO score, binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy score
- CS, contrast sensitivity
- CV, colour vision
- HR-QOL, health related quality of life
- IU, intermediate uveitis
- MCS, mental component summary score
- PCS, physical component summary score
- SF-36 questionnaire, short form 36 questionnaire
- VA, visual acuity
- VF, visual field
- VR-QOL, vision related quality of life
- intermediate uveitis
- visual function
- quality of life
- VCM1
- SF-36
Footnotes
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Grant support: This study was supported by Fujisawa, UK and The National Eye Research Centre, UK.
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Competing interests: none declared
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