Research Article
Psychological Distress in Patients with Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters
Table 4
Comparison of characteristics of vitreous floater symptoms according to the degree of discomfort.
| | Mild discomfort () | Moderate discomfort () | Severe discomfort () | valuesa |
| | Onset of discomfort, (%) | | | | 0.046 | | One or two days ago | 3 (15) | 0 | 6 (35) | | | Within weeks | 1 (5) | 12 (50) | 4 (24) | | | Within months | 2 (10) | 6 (25) | 0 | | | Several months ago | 9 (45) | 4 (17) | 3 (18) | | | Several years ago | 5 (25) | 2 (8) | 4 (24) | | | Daily frequency of discomfort, (%) | | | | <0.001 | | ≤1 | 7 (35) | 0 | 2 (12) | | | 2~3 | 8 (40) | 6 (25) | 0 | | | 4~9 | 1 (5) | 9 (38) | 4 (24) | | | ≥10 | 4 (20) | 9 (38) | 11 (65) | | | Discomfort severity change, (%) | | | | 0.017 | | Getting better | 9 (45) | 2 (8) | 2 (12) | | | Stationary | 9 (45) | 13 (54) | 10 (59) | | | Getting worse | 2 (10) | 9 (38) | 5 (29) | | | Floater type, (%) | | | | 0.006 | | 1–3 floaters | 11 (55) | 7 (29) | 4 (24) | | | 3–10 floaters | 9 (45) | 10 (42) | 7 (41) | | | >10 floaters | 0 | 5 (21) | 2 (12) | | | A curtain or cloud | 0 | 2 (8) | 4 (24) | | | Daily frequency of photopsia, (%) | | | | 0.002 | | ≤1 | 19 (95) | 22 (92) | 9 (53) | | | 2~3 | 0 | 2 (8) | 5 (29) | | | 4~9 | 0 | 0 | 2 (12) | | | ≥10 | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (6) | |
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aCuzick’s Wilcoxon-type nonparametric trend test.
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