Bouhout Soumaya, Hébert Mélanie, Jakubowska Weronika, Jaworski Laurence, Freeman Ellen E, Aubin Marie-Josée
Department of Ophthalmology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
Department of Ophthalmology, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
Vision (Basel). 2023 Jul 11;7(3):49. doi: 10.3390/vision7030049.
The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on the mental and visual health of patients. This cross-sectional, survey-based, multicentric study evaluates the state of mental and visual health among patients with chronic ocular diseases such as glaucoma, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, or chronic uveitis during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health was assessed using three questionnaires: the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (VFQ-25). A total of 145 patients completed the questionnaires. The PHQ-9 showed that most respondents ( = 89, 61%) had none or minimal depressive symptoms, while 31 (21%) had mild depressive symptoms, 19 (13%) had moderate depressive symptoms, 5 (3%) had moderately severe depressive symptoms, and 1 (1%) had severe depressive symptoms. Regarding stress surrounding the pandemic, the median IES-R showed mild distress in 16 (11%), moderate distress in 7 (5%), and severe distress in 4 (3%). The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns had a negative impact on patients' mental health with close to 20% of the patients reporting at least moderately depressive symptoms and 19% reporting at least mildly distressful symptoms.
新冠疫情对患者的心理健康和视觉健康产生了重大影响。这项基于调查的多中心横断面研究评估了在新冠疫情封锁期间，患有青光眼、新生血管性年龄相关性黄斑变性、糖尿病视网膜病变或慢性葡萄膜炎等慢性眼病患者的心理和视觉健康状况。使用三份问卷评估心理健康状况：患者健康问卷-9（PHQ-9）、事件影响量表修订版（IES-R）和美国国立眼科研究所视觉功能问卷-25（VFQ-25）。共有145名患者完成了问卷。PHQ-9显示，大多数受访者（n = 89，61%）没有或仅有轻微抑郁症状，而31名（21%）有轻度抑郁症状，19名（13%）有中度抑郁症状，5名（3%）有中度严重抑郁症状，1名（1%）有重度抑郁症状。关于疫情相关压力，IES-R中位数显示，16名（11%）有轻度困扰，7名（5%）有中度困扰，4名（3%）有重度困扰。新冠疫情封锁对患者心理健康产生了负面影响，近20%的患者报告至少有中度抑郁症状，19%的患者报告至少有轻度困扰症状。
