Quality of Life in Patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic became a challenge to maintain care for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). We aimed to find out how they were affected during lockdown. Thirty IIH patients admitted to hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic were studied. Their demographic and neuro-ophthalmological findings were evaluated. The World Health Organization–Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), the EUROHIS Quality of Life (QOL) 8-item index, National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25), Headache Impact Test (HIT-6), and COVID-19 Fear Scale were used to assess QOL and pandemic-associated fear. Thirty age, sex, and body mass index matched volunteers constituted the control group. Apart from the COVID-19 Fear Scale and colour vision subscale of the NEI-VFQ-25, all scale scores were worse in IIH patients than in healthy control subjects. Patients with severe visual field defects had higher HIT-6 scores (p =.036). Both vision-specific and overall QOL was reduced in patients with IIH. Headache severity and disability were more prominent in patients with severe visual loss. Fear caused by the COVID pandemic was not different in IIH patients than in healthy control subjects. © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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adult , Article , body mass , cerebrospinal fluid analysis , clinical article , color vision , controlled study , coronavirus disease 2019 , COVID 19 Fear Scale , EUROHIS Quality of Life , eye pain , fear , female , headache , Headache Impact Test , human , idiopathic intracranial hypertension , lockdown , mental health , National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire , neuroophthalmology , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , ophthalmoscopy , pain intensity , pandemic , papilledema , photography , quality of life , social status , vision , visual acuity , visual analog scale , visual field , visual field defect , visual impairment , WHO-5 Well-Being Index