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Value of considering psychological strengths in patients with eye pain

PURPOSE: To characterize the possibility of strength intervention to improve eye-related quality of life and satisfaction with life of a patient who experienced eye pain and dissatisfaction with the outcomes of ocular surgery. OBSERVATION: A young female patient who underwent LASIK surgery and exper...

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Autores principales: Matsuguma, Shinichiro, Kawashima, Motoko, Uchino, Miki, Tsubota, Kazuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.10.003
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description PURPOSE: To characterize the possibility of strength intervention to improve eye-related quality of life and satisfaction with life of a patient who experienced eye pain and dissatisfaction with the outcomes of ocular surgery. OBSERVATION: A young female patient who underwent LASIK surgery and experienced dissatisfaction with the outcome claimed that she had eye pain and had lost her strengths and self-confidence, having lower quality of life despite the successful surgery. We performed strength intervention in an attempt to improve her psychological condition. After the intervention, her quality of life and satisfaction with life improved, although her near vision remained unchanged. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: This case report emphasized the importance of considering positive psychological aspects when dealing with patients who are dissatisfied with the outcomes of ocular surgery. Ophthalmologists should proactively consider their patients' psychological strengths as part of the diagnosis in order to improve their patients’ quality of life.
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spelling pubmed-61977562018-10-25 Value of considering psychological strengths in patients with eye pain Matsuguma, Shinichiro Kawashima, Motoko Uchino, Miki Tsubota, Kazuo Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case report PURPOSE: To characterize the possibility of strength intervention to improve eye-related quality of life and satisfaction with life of a patient who experienced eye pain and dissatisfaction with the outcomes of ocular surgery. OBSERVATION: A young female patient who underwent LASIK surgery and experienced dissatisfaction with the outcome claimed that she had eye pain and had lost her strengths and self-confidence, having lower quality of life despite the successful surgery. We performed strength intervention in an attempt to improve her psychological condition. After the intervention, her quality of life and satisfaction with life improved, although her near vision remained unchanged. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: This case report emphasized the importance of considering positive psychological aspects when dealing with patients who are dissatisfied with the outcomes of ocular surgery. Ophthalmologists should proactively consider their patients' psychological strengths as part of the diagnosis in order to improve their patients’ quality of life. Elsevier 2018-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6197756/ /pubmed/30364663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.10.003 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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