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This research aims to compare how patients perceive their illnesses in terms of thoughts and feelings.

March 16, 2026

Comparison of the illness perception between age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma patients living in a middle-income country

Key Points

This research aims to compare how patients perceive their illnesses in terms of thoughts and feelings.
Conducted a cross-sectional study with 60 AMD patients, 64 POAG patients, and 60 controls.
Used the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire to evaluate cognitive and emotional representations.
Analyzed scores among groups using the ANOVA test.
AMD patients scored 50.4 ± 10.5 and POAG patients scored 49.5 ± 14.4, both higher than controls who scored 10.7 ± 17.6.
The difference between AMD and POAG scores was not statistically significant (p = 0.978).
Findings suggest that both patient groups have similar illness perceptions.

Abstract

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the cognitive and emotional representations of illness in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) living in a developing country. All subjects answered the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ) to assess mental defeat. The summed scores were compared among the groups with the ANOVA test. The sample comprised 60 patients with AMD, 64 with POAG and 60 controls. Both AMD and POAG patients scored higher than controls (50.4 ± 10.5, 49.5 ± 14.4, and 10.7 ± 17.6, respectively, p p = 0.978). Despite different diseases, POAG and AMD patients had similar illness perceptions in a cohort of patients living in a developing country. These results can help patients to take actions to regulate their emotions and improve treatment outcomes of their illness.

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Germano-Morrel et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b79e488166e15b153ab6be https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261430435

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