ArticleSeminars in ophthalmology2017
Risk Factors for Poor Quality of Life among Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
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- Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment Outcomes in Macular Telangiectasia: A Systematic Review.Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde · 2025Pooled it
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- The association between visual impairment and fatigue: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of Supervised and Unsupervised Exercise Training in Outdoor Gym on the Lifestyle of Elderly People.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- A Randomized Study of Nutritional Supplementation in Patients with Unilateral Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Vision-related quality of life in non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Eye (London, England) · 2026Review
- Visual functioning and geographic atrophy imaging characteristics in age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Article
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- Understanding barriers and enablers to participation in a proposed online lifestyle intervention for older adults with age-related macular degeneration to guide programme implementation.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- Risk factors for poorer quality of life in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a longitudinal clinic-based study.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Vision-related quality of life is selectively affected by comorbidities in patients with geographic atrophy.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Patient Preferences in the Management of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Conjoint Analysis.Advances in therapy · 2022Review
- Health-related quality of life among adult patients with visual impairments in Yazd, Iran.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
- Factors of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy Withdrawal in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Implications for Improving Patient Adherence.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- The effects of age-related macular degeneration on quality of life in a Brazilian population.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2021Article
- Central geographic atrophy vs. neovascular age-related macular degeneration: differences in longitudinal vision-related quality of life.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021Article
- Predictors of health-related quality of life in Chinese patients receiving treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a prospective longitudinal study.BMC ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Treatment satisfaction of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents.International ophthalmology · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and compare it with that of healthy controls. Additionally, our study aims to investigate the possible risk factors for poor quality of life in AMD patients.
methodsParticipants in the study were 114 patients with AMD, 63 male and 51 female, mean-aged 76.5 ± 6.1 years. Demographic data, lifestyle factors, and medical history were recorded. All patients underwent a routine examination for AMD, including best-corrected visual acuity measurement, dilated fundoscopy and optical coherence tomography, and completed three questionnaires assessing quality of life (SF-36, EQ-5D, NEI VFQ-25). In addition, 100 controls, adjusted for gender and age, were included in the study. Risk factors for quality of life in AMD patients were investigated. Univariate analysis was performed using SPSS 22.0.
resultsPatients with AMD scored lower in vision- and health-related quality-of-life questionnaires compared to controls. Risk factors associated with quality of life in patients with AMD were found to be the female gender, alcohol consumption, the presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, myosceletal problems, migraine, anxiety/depression, subretinal or intraretinal fluid, pigment epithelium detachment, previous treatment for AMD, visual acuity, the stage of the disease, and the integrity of the ellipsoid zone.
conclusionPatients with AMD presented lower quality of life in comparison with controls. Potential risk factors should be taken into account and clinicians should thus focus on the most vulnerable subgroups.
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