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Psychological Distress in Patients with Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters
Joint Authors
Kim, Yong-Kyu
Park, Sung Pyo
Moon, Su Young
Yim, Kyung Mi
Seong, Su Jeong
Hwang, Jae Yeon
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-12-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To evaluate the degree of psychological distress in symptomatic vitreous floater patients and to evaluate whether these psychological factors are associated with the severity of discomfort associated with vitreous floaters.
Methods.
We recruited 61 patients with symptomatic vitreous floaters and 34 controls.
The degree of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) was evaluated using optical coherence tomography.
We measured the level of depression, perceived stress, state, and trait anxiety and the degree of floater-associated discomfort with self-administered questionnaire.
We compared psychological parameters between floater patients and control.
We also compared clinical and psychological characteristics among different floater-associated discomfort severity groups.
Results.
Symptomatic vitreous floater patients showed higher rate of complete PVD and higher psychological distress compared to the control.
On multiple logistic regression analysis, complete PVD (p=0.001), depression (p=0.001), and younger age (p=0.037) were significantly associated with symptomatic floaters.
There were no significant differences in complete PVD rate among different discomfort groups, while severe discomfort group showed higher depression, perceived stress, and state and trait anxiety compared to the other two milder symptom groups.
Conclusions.
Symptomatic vitreous floater patients showed substantial level of psychological distress, and the severity of floater symptoms was significantly associated with psychological distress.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kim, Yong-Kyu& Moon, Su Young& Yim, Kyung Mi& Seong, Su Jeong& Hwang, Jae Yeon& Park, Sung Pyo. 2017. Psychological Distress in Patients with Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters. Journal of Ophthalmology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kim, Yong-Kyu…[et al.]. Psychological Distress in Patients with Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters. Journal of Ophthalmology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kim, Yong-Kyu& Moon, Su Young& Yim, Kyung Mi& Seong, Su Jeong& Hwang, Jae Yeon& Park, Sung Pyo. Psychological Distress in Patients with Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1184751