The impact of primary open-angle glaucoma: Quality of life in Indian patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Glaucoma significantly affects the quality of life (QoL) of a patient. Despite the huge number of glaucoma patients in India, not many, QoL studies have been carried out. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the QoL in Indian patients with varying severity of glaucoma.

Methods

This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional, analytical study of 180 patients. The QoL was assessed using orally administered QoL instruments comprising of two glaucoma-specific instruments; Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 (GQL-15) and Viswanathan 10 instrument, and 1 vision-specific instrument; National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEIVFQ25).

Results

Using NEIVFQ25, the difference between mean QoL scores among cases (88.34 ± 4.53) and controls (95.32 ± 5.76) wa

SUBMITTER: Kumar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859598 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature