Vision-Related Quality Of Life And Depression In Brazilian Patients With Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis

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Anxiety and depression in patients with uveitis: a comprehensive review of observational studies

“…A study compared 182 Brazilian patients with toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis and 188 controls and found that depressive symptoms were more prevalent in patients than controls (29.2% vs. 18.7%; P = 0.020) [34 ▪ ]. Patients with depressive symptoms also reported worse VR-QoL ( P < 0.001 ).…”

Impacto da função visual, da inflamação e do tratamento na qualidade de vida de pacientes com doença de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada na fase não aguda

“…Apesar da melhora dos resultados visuais, pacientes com uveítes não infecciosas tratados com antimetabólitos apresentaram uma deterioração do escore saúde mental no questionário SF-36 (97) . Em amostra de 188 pacientes com retinocoroidite por toxoplasmose, Arruda e colaboradores evidenciaram que o tratamento concomitante com corticoterapia sistêmica impactou negativamente no questionário NEI VFQ-25 (198) . Assim, mesmo em casos de uveítes infecciosas, onde o tempo de terapia sistêmica com corticoide tende a ser menor, o impacto negativo do uso dessa medicação na QdV é corroborado.…”