Quality of life assessment in ocular toxoplasmosis in a Colombian population.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
; 19(4): 262-6, 2011 Aug.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of life in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis. METHODS: The participants were 29 otherwise healthy patients with retinochoroidal lesions consistent with Toxoplasma infection. The controls were 29 gender and age-matched people with normal visual function who came from the same socioeconomic and educational background as the participants. The authors used the version of the National Eye Institute 25-item visual function questionnaire (NEI VFQ25). RESULTS: Patients with ocular toxoplasmosis had statistically significant lower scores than controls for all the subscales, except for color vision. Patients with bilateral lesions were more affected in the mental health, difficulties role, and specific vision subscales. The median of the compound score for the participants was 79 (range 35-99) and for the controls was 95 (range 72-98). CONCLUSIONS: People with ocular toxoplasmosis have worse vision-related quality of life than people without the condition, especially if they have bilateral lesions and more recurrences.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Toxoplasmose Ocular
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Colômbia
País de publicação:
Reino Unido