Quality of Life in Juvenile Patients With Uveitis

The Impact of Uveitis on Health-related Quality of Life in Adolescents

Data about psychodynamics in uveitis patients are scare. A negative impact of disease is described not only in adult patients with active, but also with quiescent disease. During adolescence even less is known about psychodynamics although this is an especially sensible and challenging stage of life. Given the assumption that juvenile patients with quiescent disease still could suffer from emotional distress, this would require special attention.

In this study the investigators evaluate the impact of juvenile uveitis on HRQoL and attempted to identify clinical and demographic factors contributing to an impaired health status. The investigators limit the study to patients with quiescent uveitis and good visual function in at least one eye to exclude additional negative stressors. As there are no validated uveitis-specific psychometric questionnaires evaluating QoL available yet, the investigators use age-appropriate generic instruments. This should allow obtaining an overview about the adolescents' general Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and whether psychological interventions should be offered to this sensitive patient group.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Uveitis
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Filling in a psychometric questionnaire

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 37

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Austria
  • Vienna, Austria, 1090
    • Medical University of Vienna

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 11 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with uveitis, aged 11-18 years

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with uveitis
• aged 11-18 years
• willing to participate
• parent or legal guardian agrees with participation of adolescent

Exclusion Criteria:

• not willing to participate
• parent or legal guardian does not agree with participation of adolescent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
females, males; females: patients of female sex males: patients of male sex	Other: Filling in a psychometric questionnaire; Juvenile patients attending the uveitis are asked to fill in a psychometric questionnaire

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quality of life as assessed with the "Inventory for Assessing the Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents"	psychometric inventory	One day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quality of life as assessed with the "Children Quality of Life Questionnaire"	psychometric inventory	One day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hospital Hietzing
• Collaborators: Medical University of Vienna
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Saskia M Maca, MD, Hospital Hietzing, Vienna + Medical University of Vienna, Vienna

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2006
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 19, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): December 20, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 23, 2011
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 22, 2011
• Last Verified: December 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: health-related quality of life; gender; childhood uveitis
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Eye Diseases; Uveal Diseases; Uveitis
• Other Study ID Numbers: MAC205