Association of Glaucoma-Related, Optical Coherence Tomography-Measured Macular Damage With Vision-Related Quality of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about the association between structural macular damage and self-reported visual function of people with glaucoma.

Objective

To determine the association between vision-related quality of life among patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with structural macular retinal ganglion cell plus inner plexiform layer (RGC+IPL) loss identified by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) machine-generated deviation maps and thickness measurements.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional prospective study was conducted from March 1, 2014, to March 30, 2015, at the Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center. The participants were 107 patients who were enrolled in the study and represented the entire

SUBMITTER: Prager AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710204 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature