Psychological Distress in Patients with Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters

Table 3

Comparison of demographics and psychologic parameters between patients with and without complete posterior vitreous detachment identified on optical coherence tomography.

	No or partial PVD ()	Complete PVD ()	values^a
Age, yrs	49.7 ± 12.8	59.7 ± 6.5	0.001
Female, (%)	16 (52)	47 (73)	0.035
Diabetes mellitus, (%)	3 (10)	12 (19)	0.371
Hypertension, (%)	3 (10)	24 (38)	0.005
Education, yrs	12.3 ± 3.5	10.9 ± 2.9	0.054
Outdoor occupation, (%)	2 (7)	4 (6)	>0.999
Visual acuity (logMAR)	0.02 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.13	0.029
Refractive errors (SEQ), diopters	−1.2 ± 2.8	−0.1 ± 3.1	0.108
Pseudophakia, (%)	0	5 (8)	0.169
Depression (PHQ-9)	4.6 ± 5.2	5.2 ± 5.8	0.587
Stress (PSS)	15.2 ± 4.9	16.1 ± 6.5	0.463
Anxiety (STAI)
State anxiety	40.1 ± 10.2	41.9 ± 12.0	0.475
Trait anxiety	40.3 ± 9.8	42.5 ± 10.3	0.319

^aStudent’s t-test and chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test used for continuous and categorical variables, respectively. logMAR: logarithm of minimal angle of resolution; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PSS: Perceived Stress Scale; PVD: posterior vitreous detachment; SEQ: spherical equivalent; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.