Longitudinal Vision-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Noninfectious Uveitis Treated with Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant or Systemic Corticosteroid Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate longitudinal vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) in patients with noninfectious uveitis.

Design

Cohort study using randomized controlled trial data.

Participants

Patients with active or recently active intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, or panuveitis enrolled in the Multicenter Steroid Treatment Trial and Follow-up Study.

Methods

Data from the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25) for the first 3 years after randomization were evaluated semiannually. Analyses were stratified by assigned treatment (129 implants vs. 126 systemic therapies) because of substantial differences in the trajectories of VRQoL. The impact of baseline measurements of visual function (visual acuity and visual field), demog

SUBMITTER: Sugar EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5651186 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature