Patient experience of treatment decision making for wet age-related macular degeneration disease: a qualitative study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the experience of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) in treatment decision-making process.

Design

A descriptive qualitative study was designed by using semistructured interviews, and the data analysis was conducted with the thematic analysis approach.

Participants and setting

A convenient and purposive sample of 21 participants diagnosed with wAMD was recruited from May 2018 to September 2018. The study was conducted in the Eye Clinic of Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University in Chongqing located in the southwest of China.

Results

The mean age of the participants was 64.48 years (ranging 50-81 years), and the duration of the disease ranged from 6 months to 48 months. Four major themes were

SUBMITTER: Bian W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731856 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature