Socio-economic status and outcomes for patients with age-related macular degeneration.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore disparities in severity of baseline disease, treatment completion, and treatment outcomes among patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) receiving anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy by socio-economic status (SES) and distance from home to hospital.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Methods

Data from clinic records of 756 wet AMD patients receiving treatment for wet AMD with aflibercept between May 2013 and Jan 2017 were obtained. Area SES (using Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2015) and distance from hospital (dichotomized > = 10 vs. <10 km) were derived from anonymized postcodes. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify associations of area deprivation and distance from

SUBMITTER: More P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7005865 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature