Psychosomatic factors in the vision restoration

Objective: To study whether psychosomatic factors including age, gender, personality traits, chronic stress levels and Flammer syndrome signs a ect the degree of vision restoration in patients with glaucoma or non-glaucoma vision loss.

Methods: Total of 30 patients with glaucoma or non-glaucoma vision loss, aged from 20 to 86 years old are asked to complete psychological questionnaires: The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI), Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS), Type D scale (DS-14) and Flammer syndrome questionnaires within two years after the application of repetitive transorbital alternating current stimulation (rtACS) 10 days in SAVIR-Center.

The study will unveil if age, gender and chronic stress influence vision restoration. We expect that patient's recovery better if they have less neuroticism and more conscientiousness and openness. Also, the Flammer syndrome might have a negative influence on visual restoration of visual field index in the worse eye.