Stress in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

• Autor(a) principal: Moura, Maira Santos Marinho
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Zihlmann, Karina Franco, Moretto, Maria Lívia Tourinho, José, Newton Kara, Junior, Remo Suzanna, Lucia, Mara Cristina Souza de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17470
• topic: Estresse; Psicologia hospitalar; Glaucoma; Adesão ao tratamento; Stress; Hospital psychology; Glaucoma; Adherence to treatment

Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG) is an important cause of blindness worldwide. This paper aimed to investigate: (a) the presence and type of stress; (b) the relationship between the number of eye-drops and stress; (c) perceptions regarding glaucoma and its treatment. In a transversal and quantitative study, we assessed 102 patients from the Ophthalmology Clinic of the HC-FMUSP by means of a thematic interview and the Lipp’s Stress Symptoms Inventory (LSSI). Most of the patients were stressed (65,7%) and there was no correlation between stress and the number of eye-drops. “Time of treatment”, “difficulties in daily life” and “difficulties to instillate the drops” were independently associated with stress. In conclusion, stress can negatively interfere in coping with POAG.