Personality Traits in Patients Seeking a Consultation for Treatment for Floaters

NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myodesopia

Treatments: Other: Big Five Questionnaire, Patient health questionnaire-9 and generalised anxiety disorder -7 questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04943471

301344

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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

Enrollment: 153 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

153 participants in 1 patient group

All patients will be given a questionnaire

Description:

All patients will be given the Big Five Questionnaire

Treatment:

Other: Big Five Questionnaire, Patient health questionnaire-9 and generalised anxiety disorder -7 questionnaire