In:
Eye & Contact Lens: Science & Clinical Practice, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 47, No. 9 ( 2021-09), p. 520-525
Kurzfassung:
To assess the quality-of-life improvement after scleral lens fitting in patients with keratoconus. Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study of all consecutive patients with keratoconus starting scleral lens fitting in 2019, from January 2 to December 27, at the Dijon University Hospital, France. Quality of life was assessed before and after wearing scleral lenses for 3 months through the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ 25) questionnaire. We investigated factors potentially influencing quality of life: final visual acuity, keratoconus stage, and maximum keratometry reading. Results: In total, 41 eyes of 24 patients were successfully fitted with scleral lenses, 92.9% were 18 mm in diameter and 7.1% were 17 mm. The visual acuity improved by −0.4±0.3 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution ( P 〈 0.001) after scleral lens fitting. Visual gain increased with keratometry and keratoconus severity ( P 〈 0.001; P 〈 0.01). The NEI-VFQ 25 score increased by 19.5±19.1 points on average ( P 〈 0.001). No association was found between the factors under study and improvement in quality of life. Conclusion: Our study confirms the functional improvement in patients with keratoconus fitted with scleral lenses, especially in patients with more advanced disease. Moreover, it suggests a major role of these lenses in improving quality of life, independently of the severity of the disease and the visual gain.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1542-2321
DOI:
10.1097/ICL.0000000000000821
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publikationsdatum:
2021
ZDB Id:
2084291-0
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