Measuring the quality of life of patients with diabetic retinopathy in northern India: a comparison of generic and vision specific instruments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimation of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients is important to assess the impact of disease, to monitor the treatment outcomes, and conduct health technology assessments. The study aimed to measure the HRQoL in DR patients using the generic as well as disease specific instruments, identify the determinants of HRQoL, empirically investigate the concurrent validity between the QoL instruments, and to develop statistical approaches to map NEI-VFQ-25 (National Eye Institute- Visual Function Questionnaire- 25) composite score based on EQ-5D-5 L (EuroQol 5-dimensions 5-levels) utility values.

Methods

A facility based cross-sectional study was carried out to measure the HRQoL of 300 DR patients using EQ-5D-5 L, EuroQol visual a

SUBMITTER: Purohit N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11846259 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature