{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Assessment of quality of life, psychosocial, and epidemiological aspects in patients diagnosed with tuberculous uveitis.
{Author}: Silva LMP;Arantes TEFE;Canamary A;Zamora YF;Finamor LPS;Martins EA;Casaroli-Marano RP;Muccioli C;
{Journal}: Arq Bras Oftalmol
{Volume}: 87
{Issue}: 4
{Year}: 2024
{Factor}: 1.033
{DOI}: 10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0042
{Abstract}: <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>To assess the quality of life in patients diagnosed as having tuberculous uveitis and its association with sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial aspects.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>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.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>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.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Tuberculous uveitis affects several scales of quality of life, thereby affecting a population economically active with a social, psychological, and economic burden.