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Abstract #26715 Published in IGR 12-3
Vision-related quality of life in pediatric glaucoma
Lin AA; Jones SK; Freedman SF; Robin AR; Stinnett SS; Muir KWJournal of AAPOS 2010; 14: 22
Purpose: To describe VRQoL in pediatric glaucoma patients and identify associated characteristics. Methods: In an ongoing, prospective, observational study of pediatric glaucoma patients at XXX, 5-18 years old and taking ?1 glaucoma drop(s), subjects were given a series of surveys including a VRQoL instrument, the Impact of Vision Impairment on Children (IVI-C), and caregivers were given a test of health literacy skills. Records were abstracted for demographic and disease-related variables. Multi-variable modeling was performed to investigate the association between measured variables and VRQoL. Results: Included were 40 children, median age 9.5 years, taking 1-4 topical medications in one or both eyes. IVI-C scores ranged from 0-51.0 (maximum possible score, 88); mean score 21.7 (plus or minus) 13.9 (median, 21). VRQoL was not associated with age (p=0.06), caregiver health literacy (p=0.55), number of glaucoma surgeries (p=0.4), number of eyedrops (p= 0.37), glaucoma diagnosis (p= 0.73), or visual acuity in the worseseeing eye (p= 0.56). There was a positive relationship between worse visual acuity in the better-seeing eye and worse VRQoL (p = 0.04). Conclusions: Visual acuity in the better-seeing eye is the only statistically significant factor affecting VRQoL thus far identified in our study; age may also be a factor in the larger sample.We hope to use these results in developing a predictive model for VRQoL in pediatric glaucoma.
A.A. Lin.
Classification:
1.4 Quality of life (Part of: 1 General aspects)
9.1.2 Juvenile glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)
