title: Vision-related quality of life in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate vision-related quality of life in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR).
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The interviewer-administered National Eye Institute visual function questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25) was used in 30 adult consecutive patients with chronic CSCR patients. The controls were 30 gender- and age-matched people with normal visual function who came from the same socioeconomic and educational background as the participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with CSCR had statistically significant lower scores than controls for all the subscales, except for general health. In the study group, all subscale scores of vision-related quality of life, except general health, showed statistically significant negative correlations with the visual acuity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People with CSCR have worse vision-related quality of life than people without the condition.
authors.affiliation: Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology , Diyarbakir , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Fatih Mehmet
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Türkcü
authors.forename: Alparslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Şahin
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bez
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cinar
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kürşat Cingü
authors.forename: İhsan
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Çaça
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056833:Central Serous Chorioretinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Central; NEI VFQ-25; chorioretinopathy; chronic; serous