Wenjuan Wan, Zhijun Chen, Yan Xun, Kun Yi, Ying Zhu, Yanlin Pu, Guannan Su, Chunjiang Zhou, Yao Wang, Peizeng Yang
BACKGROUND: Pediatric uveitis may cause severe impairment of vision in children and affect their quality of life as well as cognitive ability. This study aims to evaluate the functional vision, visual-related and health-related quality of life, and cognitive ability in pediatric uveitis. METHODS: Children with uveitis aged 5-16 years old completed six validated instruments to assess functional visual ability with Cardiff Visual Ability Questionnaire for Children (CVAQC), vision-related quality of life with Impact of Vision Impairment for Children (IVI-C), health-related quality of life with Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), cognitive ability with Chinese Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (C-WISC), and depression and anxiety evaluation with Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD)...
September 18, 2023: BMC Ophthalmology