@misc{10481/85562,
year = {2023},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/85562},
abstract = {Mental health concerns have emerged at the university level, with the psychological wellbeing
of students being increasingly affected. This cross-sectional study investigated the proportion
of university students having anxiety, and its effects on their visual function and symptomatology. We
included 41 students (26.1   4.8 years), and their visual function was assessed through several tests
to produce a general visual performance index (VPI). The visual symptomatology was studied using
the Conlon Visual Discomfort Survey and the Quality of Vision (QoV) questionnaire. The students
were classified into two groups according to the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7)
test (“no anxiety” and “anxiety” groups). The visual function evaluation indicated significantly
worse VPI in the anxiety group (p = 0.047). These students also showed significantly higher scores
in the Conlon survey (p = 0.004) and two subscales of the QoV questionnaire: symptom severity
(p = 0.041) and symptom bothersomeness (p = 0.013). Moreover, the multiple linear regression model
showed a significant association between visual discomfort according to the Conlon questionnaire
and the level of anxiety (r = 0.405; R2 = 0.164; B = 0.405; p = 0.012). It is important to study the
influence of psychological factors on vision, not only for refractive error, but also for binocular and
accommodative disorders},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Anxiety},
keywords = {Mental well-being},
keywords = {University students},
keywords = {Psychophysical visual test},
keywords = {Vision},
keywords = {Visual symptoms},
title = {The Relationship between Anxiety, Visual Function, and Symptomatology in University Students},
doi = {10.3390/ jcm12206595},
author = {Ortiz Peregrina, Sonia and Ortiz Herrera, Carolina and Casares López, Miriam and Martino, Francesco and Granados Delgado, Pilar and Anera, Rosario G.},
}