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The association between clinical parameters and glaucoma-specific quality of life in Chinese primary open-angle glaucoma patients.
Lee, Jacky W Y; Chan, Catherine W S; Chan, Jonathan C H; Li, Q; Lai, Jimmy S M.
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  • Lee JW; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
  • Chan CW; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
  • Chan JC; Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
  • Li Q; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
  • Lai JS; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Med J ; 20(4): 274-8, 2014 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24584567
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE. To investigate the association between clinical measurements and glaucoma-specific quality of life in Chinese glaucoma patients. DESIGN. Cross-sectional study. SETTING. An academic hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS. A Chinese translation of the Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 questionnaire was completed by 51 consecutive patients with bilateral primary open-angle glaucoma. The binocular means of several clinical measurements were correlated with Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 findings using Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression. The measurements were the visual field index and pattern standard deviation from the Humphrey Field Analyzer, Snellen best-corrected visual acuity, presenting intra-ocular pressure, current intra-ocular pressure, average retinal nerve fibre layer thickness via optical coherence tomography, and the number of topical anti-glaucoma medications being used. RESULTS. In these patients, there was a significant correlation and linear relationship between a poorer Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 score and a lower visual field index (r=0.3, r(2)=0.1, P=0.01) and visual acuity (r=0.3, r(2)=0.1, P=0.03). A thinner retinal nerve fibre layer also correlated with a poorer Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 score, but did not attain statistical significance (r=0.3, P=0.07). There were no statistically significant correlations for the other clinical parameters with the Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 scores (all P values being >0.7). The three most problematic activities affecting quality of life were "adjusting to bright lights", "going from a light to a dark room or vice versa", and "seeing at night". CONCLUSION. For Chinese primary open-angle glaucoma patients, binocular visual field index and visual acuity correlated linearly with glaucoma-specific quality of life, and activities involving dark adaptation were the most problematic.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Glaucoma de Ângulo Aberto / Pressão Intraocular Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Glaucoma de Ângulo Aberto / Pressão Intraocular Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article