Personality traits and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with primary vitreous floaters.

Autor: Senra H; Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.; School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, UK., Ali Z; Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK., Aslam T; Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK., Patton N; Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK. Niall.Patton@mft.nhs.uk.; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Niall.Patton@mft.nhs.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie [Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol] 2024 Oct; Vol. 262 (10), pp. 3153-3160. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 03.
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-024-06477-y
Abstrakt: Purpose: We investigated personality traits and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with primary vitreous floaters.
Methods: A U.K. sample of adult patients (> 18 years old) with vitreous floaters of a minimum of three months severe enough to seek a consultation was assessed for personality traits (The Big Five Inventory (BFI)), symptoms of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), and symptoms of anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7).
Results: 149 patients participated in the study. Compared to the general population, our sample had a significantly increased score in the domain of BFI-neuroticism (3.27 vs 2.97, ρ < 0.0001, d = 0.38) and reduced score in the domain of extraversion (2.97 vs 3.24, ρ < 0.0001, d = 0.33). Female patients scored significantly higher than male patients on BFI-neuroticism (ρ = 0.01), and on BFI-agreeableness (ρ = 0.01). Age was positively correlated with BFI-Conscientiousness (r = 0.19, ρ = 0.02) and with BFI-Agreeableness (r = 0.20, ρ = 0.01). 36% of our sample had moderate to severe symptoms of depression, and 43% had moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety.
Conclusions: Our study highlights the underlying psychological traits of patients with severe vitreous floaters and particular mental health needs that deserve further consideration by ophthalmological and vision science clinicians.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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