Quality of life in stable and progressive 'early-stage' keratoconus patients.
Acta Ophthalmol
; 99(2): e196-e201, 2021 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To analyse the vision-related quality of life (vr-QoL) in stable and progressive keratoconus (KC) patients with a still good visual acuity.METHODS:
Combined prospective/cross-sectional study design. The Refractive Status and Vision Profile (RSVP) and the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning - 25 (NEI-25) questionnaire were used in 16 emmetropic, 32 myopic and 56 KC patients, whereby KC patients with a stable (n = 26) and patients with a progressive stage (n = 30) and some of them before and after corneal cross-linking (CXL; n = 10) were included. All patients had a DCVA in at least one eye of ≥0.7 (decimal chart).RESULTS:
The analyses revealed a minor decline of the vr-QoL from emmetropes to myopes to early KC patients with a stable disease. Nonetheless, sociological subscales (i.e. 'social functioning', 'role difficulties' and 'dependency') did not display statistically significant differences comparing these groups. In progressive KC, we could demonstrate a statistically significant decline also of these sociological subscales, which did not improve after CXL.CONCLUSION:
Due to a still high and almost unaffected vr-QoL in early KC patients and the distinct decline after progression without rehabilitation after CXL, a reconsideration of current strategies to perform CXL only after a progression is diagnosed should be re-evaluated.Palavras-chave
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Fotoquimioterapia
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Qualidade de Vida
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Riboflavina
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Acuidade Visual
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Colágeno
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Reagentes de Ligações Cruzadas
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Ceratocone
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Ano de publicação:
2021
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