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ArticleJournal of current glaucoma practice

Vision-related Quality of Life in Congolese Patients with Glaucoma.

Isis K Kapinga, David L Kayembe, Jean-Claude Mwanza

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3 authors.

Isis K KapingaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
David L KayembeDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Jean-Claude MwanzaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2346-5885

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the vision-related quality of life (QoL) in Congolese patients with glaucoma and its associated factors. Methods: Ninety-four patients with open-angle glaucoma and 42 age-matched controls were included in the study. QoL was evaluated using the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25). QoL scores were compared between patients and controls. Correlation analysis was run to assess the association of QoL scores with visual function measures. Multivariate linear regression analyses were used to identify demographic and clinical factors that independently predict the overall QoL and its subdomains. Results: The QoL composite score (QoL-CS) of glaucoma patients (60.2 ± 30.5) was 31.7% lower than that of controls (87.9 ± 9.5), Conclusion: Vision-related quality of life in glaucoma patients is significantly impaired in Congolese patients with glaucoma, starting in the early stage of the disease. BCVA of the BSE emerged as an independent significant predictor of overall QoL and most of its components. How to cite this article: Kapinga IK, Kayembe DL, Mwanza JC. Vision-related Quality of Life in Congolese Patients with Glaucoma. J Curr Glaucoma Pract 2022;16(1):24-30.

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CongoleseGlaucomaNEI VFQ-25Quality of life

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PMID36060036
PMCPMC9385387

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