ArticleInternational ophthalmology2018
The impact of visual symptoms on the quality of life of patients with early to moderate glaucoma.
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- Differential Impact of Central and Global Visual Field Progression on Quality of Life in Glaucoma.American journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Capability of Pattern Electroretinogram and Three Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Circle Diameter Scans in Glaucoma Suspects.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Relation between a history of glaucoma and subjective happiness: the JPHC-Next study.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Vision-Related Quality of Life Among Healthy, Preperimetric Glaucoma, and Perimetric Glaucoma Patients.American journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Vision-related quality-of-life in Jamaican glaucoma patients at Kingston Public Hospital.International journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
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- Glaucoma in large-scale population-based epidemiology: a questionnaire-based proxy.Eye (London, England) · 2021Article
- Development and Validation of the Singapore Thyroid Eye Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire.Translational vision science & technology · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the visual symptoms and to determine the impact of visual symptoms on vision-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with early to moderate glaucoma.
methodsA retrospective, hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted from July 1 to August 31, 2014, at a university referral center. A total of 176 patients with early to moderate glaucoma underwent a comprehensive ocular examination, including Humphrey visual field testing. The patients were divided into six groups based on visual symptoms that could be verified by forced-choice questions. Vision-related QoL was assessed by the Korean version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (K-NEI-VFQ-25). We compared the mean deviation (MD) and questionnaire scores among the groups.
resultsOf 352 eyes, 107 (30.4%) were symptomatic. The most common visual symptoms were partial blurring (15.91%), followed by a missing part (7.67%) and a black part (5.97%) of the image. The symptomatic groups (blurred part and missing part) had a significantly worse MD than the asymptomatic group. The symptomatic groups tended to have more visual field defects than the asymptomatic group. The overall NEI-VFQ-25 score in the symptomatic group (black part) was significantly lower than that in the asymptomatic group. Similar effects were observed for other subscale scores, including social functioning, mental health, role difficulties, dependency, and peripheral vision.
conclusionsVision-related QoL may be severely compromised in glaucoma patients with visual symptoms. Patients with visual disorders should be evaluated for glaucoma and QoL.
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