Clinical trial NCT04943471: Personality Traits in Patients Seeking a Consultation for Treatment for Floaters
Official title: Assessment of Personality Traits in Patients With Symptomatic Floaters Seeking Consultation for Its Treatment
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Myodesopia
Lead sponsor: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2021-06-29
Enrollment: 153
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients aged 18 or over who have contacted an Ophthlamologist for a consultation for treatment for myodesopia which has lasted more than 3 months

Brief summary: This study aims to assess if certain personality traits are move prevalent in patients seeking consultation for treatment of floaters, despite good visual acuity and no other ocular pathology compared to the normal population.

Detailed description: This study aims to assess if certain personality traits are move prevalent in patients seeking consultation for treatment of floaters, despite good visual acuity and no other ocular pathology compared to the normal population. A questionnaire utilising a validated personality trait assessment the 'Big Five Inventory' will collect information patients who have sought a consultation (or already had treatment in the form of vitrectomy) for floaters. We will also assess whether these patients are suffering from any degree of depression or anxiety using two validated screening questionnaires; the patient health questionnaire-9 to screen for depression, and the generalised anxiety disorder - 7 questionnaire to screen for anxiety. Identifying personality traits of patients who seek further help and potential therapeutic intervention, could help clinicians identify the individual factors that lead to this debilitating condition in some patients, despite having a healthy eye and may help determine future non-surgical minimally-interventional therapeutic approaches in the future

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* • Patients aged 18 or over who have contacted an Ophthalmologist for a consultation for treatment for myodesopsia which has lasted for over 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* • Patients with co-existing ocular pathology e.g. uveitis, glaucoma, pathological myopia (refractive error \> -6D)

  * Patients with cognitive impairment or learning difficulties that would affect their ability to access and complete the questionnaire
  * Patients with known personality disorders
  * Patients must be able to read, speak and understand English so they can comprehend the patient information sheet and questionnaire

Primary outcomes:
measure: Degree of neuroticism in patient group compared to an established normative database
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Difference in degree of other 4 personality measures in the big five inventory and normative database
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Difference in degree of anxiety and depression between normative database and recruited patients
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Manchester
country: United Kingdom
facility: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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