Table 3.
Distribution of patients according to the response to each question of the Quality of Life in Children with Keratoconjunctivitis questionnaire during the initial and final assessments
| During the last two weeks, because of Conjunctivitis | Initial | Final | Kappa* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Sometimes | Always | Never | Sometimes | Always | ||
| Did you feel your eyes burning? | 34 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 0.165 |
| Did you have trouble staying in air-conditioned rooms? | 25 | 16 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 0.297 |
| Did you use tissues? | 16 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 0.337 |
| Did you have puffy eyes? | 8 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 0.385 |
| Did you have visual problems in the light? | 13 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 0.248 |
| Did you have tearing? | 11 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 0.224 |
| Did you have itchy eyes? | 0 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 0.469 |
| Did you have red eyes? | 4 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 0.206 |
| Did you have blurred vision? | 25 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 0.384 |
| Did you have eye secretion? | 19 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 0.259 |
| Did you have to use eye drops? | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 0.316 |
| Did you have closed sticky eyes in the morning? | 10 | 34 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 0.101 |
| Did you have trouble playing outdoors? | 24 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 0.257 |
| Did you have trouble practicing sports? | 34 | 12 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 0.343 |
| Did you have trouble meeting your friends? | 44 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0.229 |
| Did you have trouble going to swimming pool? | 26 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 0.580 |
Italic and bold text indicates significant values.
*
- Excellent: 0.81-1.0; Good: 0.61-0.80; Moderate: 0.41-0.60; Low: 0.21-0.40; Very low: 0.21-0.0.