OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the visual function of patients with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD)changes between the initial visit and a 6-week follow-up visit, and to compare their visual function with that of patients with macular degeneration, cataract, glaucoma, low vision, cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, or diabetic retinopathy and a reference population. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: All patients presenting to the Hotel Dieu Hospital Emergency Eye Clinic between September 2008 and June 2009 who were diagnosed with acute PVD were offered enrollment in the study. METHODS: Patients were administered the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire NEI VFQ-25 at two points in time. The composite scores from the initial and the 6-week visits were compared. The scores were also compared with established normative data and 6 ophthalmologic diagnoses. RESULTS: The NEI VFQ-25 composite score for patients with acute PVD (n = 84) at baseline was 93.26 ± 5.59 (mean ± SD). After 6 weeks and a second ocular examination, there was no statistical difference in the composite score of 93.47 ± 6.20 (mean ± SD). (1-sided paired t-test, t = 0.57; P = 0.28). CONCLUSIONS: The visual function of patients with acute PVD remains stable over the first 6 weeks after diagnosis. It is significantly higher than that of patients with 6 other ophthalmologic conditions but comparable to that of a normal population.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the visual function of patients with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD)changes between the initial visit and a 6-week follow-up visit, and to compare their visual function with that of patients with macular degeneration, cataract, glaucoma, low vision, cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, or diabetic retinopathy and a reference population. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: All patients presenting to the Hotel Dieu Hospital Emergency Eye Clinic between September 2008 and June 2009 who were diagnosed with acute PVD were offered enrollment in the study. METHODS:Patients were administered the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire NEI VFQ-25 at two points in time. The composite scores from the initial and the 6-week visits were compared. The scores were also compared with established normative data and 6 ophthalmologic diagnoses. RESULTS: The NEI VFQ-25 composite score for patients with acute PVD (n = 84) at baseline was 93.26 ± 5.59 (mean ± SD). After 6 weeks and a second ocular examination, there was no statistical difference in the composite score of 93.47 ± 6.20 (mean ± SD). (1-sided paired t-test, t = 0.57; P = 0.28). CONCLUSIONS: The visual function of patients with acute PVD remains stable over the first 6 weeks after diagnosis. It is significantly higher than that of patients with 6 other ophthalmologic conditions but comparable to that of a normal population.
Authors: Mathijs A J van de Put; Lisette Hoeksema; Wouter Wanders; Ilja M Nolte; Johanna M M Hooymans; Leonoor I Los Journal: PLoS One Date: 2014-12-02 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Thomas Bertelmann; Nicolas Feltgen; Martin Scheffler; Ulrich Hufenbach; Annette Wiedon; Helmut Wilhelm; Focke Ziemssen Journal: Health Qual Life Outcomes Date: 2016-09-20 Impact factor: 3.186