Comparação da função visual e do índice de qualidade de vida com uso de óculos ou de lente de contato progressiva

PURPOSE: To compare the visual function and the answers to a questionnaire of quality of life of patients wearing a progressive contact lens or eyeglasses. METHODS: The Focus Progressive® contact lens had been fitted in 35 patients with far visual acuity with progressive-addition eyeglasses equal to...

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Autores: Sant'anna, Neusa Vidal [UNIFESP], Schor, Paulo [UNIFESP], Lipener, César [UNIFESP], Uras, Ricardo [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/3120
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492006000300013
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/3120
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Presbyopia
Quality of life
Accommodation, ocular
Contact lenses
Eyeglasses
Visual acuity
Questionnaires
Comparative study
Presbiopia
Qualidade de vida
Acomodação ocular
Lentes de contato
Óculos
Acuidade visual
Questionários
Estudo comparativo
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To compare the visual function and the answers to a questionnaire of quality of life of patients wearing a progressive contact lens or eyeglasses. METHODS: The Focus Progressive® contact lens had been fitted in 35 patients with far visual acuity with progressive-addition eyeglasses equal to zero (log MAR) and near J1 (Jaeger). The far and near visual acuities and the measurement of contrast sensitivity were compared when the patients were wearing the eyeglasses or the contact lens and the patients' results of the scores of the quality of life questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) were analyzed statistically considering the type of ametropy and the age. RESULTS: The far and near visual acuities and the contrast sensitivity measurement were worse with the contact lens than with eyeglasses. The answers to the questionnaire did not differ when were comparing the same patients wearing eyeglasses or contact lens, no matter the type of ametropy. The myopic and the hyperopic subgroups had worse answers to the quality of life questionnaire when corrected with the contact lens than with eyeglasses, both with age equal to or less than their median. CONCLUSIONS: The visual function was worse with the contact lens. The type of ametropy did not influence the answers to the quality of life questionnaire considering the optical correction, but age did.