QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION WITH MONOCULAR AND BINOCULAR LEGAL BLINDNESS

• Published in: Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) Brazil), 2007-10, Vol.62 (5), p.573-578
• Main Authors: Marback, Roberta Ferrari, de Oliveira Maia Júnior, Otacílio, Morais, Fábio Barreto, Takahashi, Walter Yukihiko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Baixa Visão/Etiologia; Blindness - etiology; Blindness - psychology; Case-Control Studies; Cegueira/Psicologia; Cross-Sectional Studies; Degeneração; Female; Humans; Llow/etiology; Macular Degeneration - complications; Macular Degeneration - psychology; Macular/complicações; Male; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; Middle Aged; Perfil de Impacto da Doença; Qualidade de Vida/Psicologia; Quality of Life; Quality of life/psychology; Retina/abnormalities; Retina/Anormalidades; Sickness impact profile; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vision
• ISSN: 1807-5932; 1980-5322; 1980-5322
• DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000500007

To evaluate the quality of life for persons affected by age-related macular degeneration that results in monocular or binocular legal blindness. An analytic transversal study using the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) was performed. Inclusion criteria were persons of both genders, aged more than 50 years old, absence of cataracts, diagnosis of age-related monocular degeneration in at least one eye and the absence of other macular diseases. The control group was paired by sex, age and no ocular disease. Group 1 (monocular legal blindness) was composed of 54 patients (72.22% females and 27.78% males, aged 51 to 87 years old, medium age 74.61 ± 7.27 years); group 2 (binocular legal blindness) was composed of 54 patients (46.30% females and 53.70% males aged 54 to 87 years old, medium age 75.61 ± 6.34 years). The control group was composed of 40 patients (40% females and 60% males, aged 50 to 81 years old, medium age 65.65 ± 7.56 years). The majority of the scores were statistically significantly higher in group 1 and the control group in relation to group 2 and higher in the control group when compared to group 1. It was evident that the quality of life of persons with binocular blindness was more limited in relation to persons with monocular blindness. Both groups showed significant impairment in quality of life when compared to normal persons. Avaliar a qualidade de vida de portadores de degeneração macular relacionada à idade com cegueira legal monocular e binocular. Foi realizado estudo transversal analítico por meio do questionário National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25). Os critérios de inclusão foram: indivíduos de ambos os sexos, idade maior que 50 anos, ausência de catarata, diagnóstico de degeneração macular relacionada à idade avançada em pelo menos um dos olhos, sem outras maculopatias. O Grupo Controle foi pareado por sexo, idade e sem doença ocular. O Grupo 1 (cegueira monocular) foi composto por 54 pacientes (72,22% de mulheres e 27,78% de homens, idade entre 51 e 87 anos, média de 74,61 anos ± 7,27 anos); o Grupo 2 (cegueira binocular), por 54 (46,30% de mulheres e 53,70% de homens, idade entre 54 e 87 anos, média de 75,61 anos ± 6,34 anos). O Grupo Controle foi composto por 40 pacientes (40% de mulheres e 60% de homens, idade entre 50 e 81 anos, média de 65,65 anos ± 7,56 anos). A maioria dos escores foi significativamente maior no Grupo 1 e no Controle em relação ao Grupo 2 e m