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ArticleJournal of glaucoma2016

The Relationship Between Vision-related Quality of Life and Visual Function in Glaucoma Patients.

Kazuyuki Hirooka, Shino Sato, Eri Nitta, Akitaka Tsujikawa

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Article in Journal of glaucoma, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuyuki HirookaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Ikenobe, Miki, Kagawa, Japan.
Shino Sato
Eri Nitta
Akitaka Tsujikawa
Kagawa University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the relationship between vision-related quality of life (QOL) as measured by the short-form 11-item Japanese version of the Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-J11) and the severity of visual field (VF) defects in patients with glaucoma.

methodsThe study included 134 glaucoma patients and 30 normal subjects. VF testing using the Humphrey Field Analyzer was performed to obtain both the VF index (VFI) and MD in both eyes of each glaucoma patient. Binocular integrated VF was constructed for each patient by merging corresponding sensitivity values from monocular VFs, and the correlation between visual function and vision-related QOL was then assessed.

resultsA significant relationship was found between QOL and VF in 6 of 7 subscales on the VFQ-J11, and between the composite scores in both the better eye and the worse eye in glaucoma patients. The relationship was stronger in the worse eye than in the better eye. Overall, correlation coefficients of the VFI were higher than those of MD and slightly higher than those of integrated VF in the worse eye.

conclusionsThe VFI showed a marginally better correlation than MD. Assessment of VFI in the worse eye may provide useful information regarding vision-related QOL in glaucoma patients.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGlaucomaHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSickness Impact ProfileSurveys and QuestionnairesVision DisordersVision, OcularVisual FieldsVisual Field Tests

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PMCPMC4888932
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