Longitudinal Changes in Quality of Life and Rates of Progressive Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma Patients

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 122; no. 2; pp. 293 - 301
• Main Authors: Medeiros, Felipe A., Gracitelli, Carolina P.B., Boer, Erwin R., Weinreb, Robert N., Zangwill, Linda M., Rosen, Peter N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Disability Evaluation; Disease Progression; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Glaucoma - diagnosis; Glaucoma - psychology; Humans; Intraocular Pressure - physiology; Male; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life - psychology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sickness Impact Profile; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vision Disorders - diagnosis; Vision Disorders - psychology; Vision, Binocular - physiology; Visual Acuity - physiology; Visual Field Tests; Visual Fields; DIGS; BVF; SAP; MS; NEI VFQ; logMAR; QoL; National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire; binocular visual field; standard automated perimetry; logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; quality of life; Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study; mean sensitivity

To evaluate the association between longitudinal changes in quality of life (QoL) and rates of progressive visual field loss in glaucoma. Prospective observational cohort study. We recruited 322 eyes of 161 patients with glaucomatous visual field loss from the Diagnostic Innovations Glaucoma Study f...