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Abstract #60737 Published in IGR 16-4
Evaluation of Quality of Life in Japanese Glaucoma Patients and its Relationship With Visual Function
Takahashi GI; Otori Y; Urashima M; Kuwayama Y;Journal of Glaucoma 2016; 25: e150-e156
PURPOSE: We assessed vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) in glaucoma patients and examined the relationship between VR-QOL and indices of visual function and subjective symptoms. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four hundred seventy-two glaucoma patients completed a questionnaire concerning VR-QOL and subjective symptoms of glaucoma. VR-QOL was based on 5 subscales selected from the National Eye Institute 25-item Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25), whereas subjective symptoms were examined using original questions that we prepared. The following were selected as visual function indices: corrected visual acuity measured with a distance visual acuity chart, mean deviation scores measured with a static perimeter, and 4 threshold levels in the innermost center of a visual field (4 pericentral test points). Disease staging was conducted according to the Aulhorn classification system. Correlations of visual function with VR-QOL were evaluated using the Spearman test. RESULTS: Correlations were observed in almost all subscales of the NEI VFQ-25, including correlations with corrected vision, disease stage, mean deviation score, and minimum threshold values of the 4-point pericentral test on the temporal side (P<0.0001). Visual function indices affecting driving differed between daytime and night driving (P<0.0001). NEI VFQ-25 subscales were correlated with subjective symptoms felt by the patients while driving (P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Minimum threshold values of the 4 pericentral test points on the temporal side are useful for the assessment of VR-QOL. Minimum threshold values of the 4 pericentral test points on the temporal side are useful for assessing visual field abnormalities that are associated with decreased VR-QOL.
*Department of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Katsushika Medical Center, Katsushika-ku ‡Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo †Department of Ophthalmology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka §Fukushima Eye Clinic, Osaka, Japan.
Full articleClassification:
1.4 Quality of life (Part of: 1 General aspects)
6.6.2 Automated (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.6 Visual field examination and other visual function tests)
6.6.3 Special methods (e.g. color, contrast, SWAP etc.) (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.6 Visual field examination and other visual function tests)
