ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2014
Vision related quality of life in patients with keratoconus.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
- What is the quality-of-life status of patients with keratoconus who have not had a surgical intervention? A systematic review.Eye (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Depression among keratoconus patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Behavioral and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Vision-Related Quality of Life in Keratoconus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Keratoconus Patients Using the Keratoconus Outcomes Research Questionnaire (KORQ).Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Article
- Interventional Keratoconus Management: The Critical Imperative for Early Detection and Treatment.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Contact Lenses and Vision-Related Quality of Life: Evidence and Clinical Insights.Clinical optometry · 2026Review
- Exploring Evidence-Based Approaches to Ocular Allergy Among Australian Health Practitioners.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Keratoconus prevalence in astigmatic adolescents: findings from a nationwide screening setting.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- Contribution and Compensation Effects of Refracting Components to Ocular Aberrations in Keratoconus.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Quality of Life Enhancement After Penetrating Keratoplasty in Keratoconus: A Vision-Related Functional Perspective.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Validation of the Polish Version of the Keratoconus Outcomes Research Questionnaire: Tool for Vision-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Keratoconus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Quality of life in patients with progressive keratoconus treated with corneal collagen crosslinking.International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Impacts of keratoconus on quality of life: a qualitative study.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of parameters for early detection of pediatric keratoconus.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Development and validation of a health practitioner survey on ocular allergy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Keratoconus disease classification with multimodel fusion and vision transformer: a pretrained model approach.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Experiences of keratoconus patients attending public eye care facilities in South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Quality of life of a sample of people with keratoconus in KSA.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023Article
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- Prevalence and risk factors of keratoconus (including oxidative stress biomarkers) in a cohort study of Shiraz university of medical science employees in Iran.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the vision related quality of life in patients with keratoconus by using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI-VFQ-25). Methods. Thirty patients presented with keratoconus (keratoconus group) and 30 healthy patients (control group) were included in this study. Twenty patients were using rigid gas permeable and 10 patients were not using contact lenses in keratoconus group. High and low contrast visual acuity and mean K values of the patients were recorded. Each subject completed the 25-item NEI-VFQ-25. Results. All subscales of NEI-VFQ-25 were lower in the keratoconus patients. The difference was more evident in the subscales of general vision, ocular pain, near vision, vision-specific mental health, vision-specific role difficulties, and peripheral vision (P < 0.05). Overall composite score was 75.2 ± 17.2 in the keratoconus group and 93.2 ± 5.6 in the control group (P = 0.00). Contact lens wearers had higher best corrected visual acuity in comparison with noncontact lens wearers (P = 0.028). Patients with low visual acuity (logMAR > 0.4) in the better eye had lower distance vision, social functioning, mental health, and role difficulties. Meanwhile, patients with low visual acuity (logMAR > 0.4) in the worse eye had lower general health scores (P < 0.05). Conclusions. Vision related quality of life was worse in keratoconus patients. Success in the contact lens usage and maintaining higher visual acuity may improve vision related quality of life.
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