[Comparative analysis of visual function and the quality of life index with eyeglasses or a progressive contact lens].
OBJECTIVE
To compare the visual function and the answers to a questionnaire of quality of life of patients wearing a progressive contact lens or eyeglasses.


METHODS
The Focus Progressive contact lens had been fitted in 35 patients with far visual acuity with progressive-addition eyeglasses equal to zero (log MAR) and near J1 (Jaeger). The far and near visual acuities and the measurement of contrast sensitivity were compared when the patients were wearing the eyeglasses or the contact lens and the patients' results of the scores of the quality of life questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) were analyzed statistically considering the type of ametropy and the age.


RESULTS
The far and near visual acuities and the contrast sensitivity measurement were worse with the contact lens than with eyeglasses. The answers to the questionnaire did not differ when were comparing the same patients wearing eyeglasses or contact lens, no matter the type of ametropy. The myopic and the hyperopic subgroups had worse answers to the quality of life questionnaire when corrected with the contact lens than with eyeglasses, both with age equal to or less than their median.


CONCLUSIONS
The visual function was worse with the contact lens. The type of ametropy did not influence the answers to the quality of life questionnaire considering the optical correction, but age did.
Sant'Anna
Neusa Vidal
NV
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. neusa.vidal@bol.com.br
Schor
Paulo
P
Lipener
César
C
Uras
Ricardo
R
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000523:psychology*; D005139:Eyeglasses / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014792:Visual Acuity