Visual impairment and vision-related quality of life in the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial after 20 years of follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the association between vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) and levels of visual function loss in the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT).

Methods

Two hundred and fifty-five patients were included in the EMGT between 1993 and 1997 and followed regularly by ophthalmic examinations. A Swedish translation of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI VFQ-25) was self-administered at several follow-up visits until 2014. We analysed the association between Rasch-calibrated NEI VFQ-25 scores and visual function in the best eye at the final follow-up visit.

Results

Ninety-one per cent (233/255) of all participants completed the NEI VFQ-25 at least once. In univariate logistic regression analysis, NEI VFQ-25 scores were modestly

SUBMITTER: Peters D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014208 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature