Η παρούσα μελέτη σχεδιάστηκε για την εκτίμηση της ποίοτητας ζωής (ΠΖ) των ασθενών με προπεριμετρικό γλαύκωμα υπό τοπική αγωγή καθώς και επίπτωση που έχει η αγωγή στην ΠΖ των ίδιων. Για τους σκοπούς της μελέτης τα άτομα που πληρούσαν τα κριτήρια εισαγωγής ταξινομήθηκαν σε δύο ομάδες. Η πρώτη ομάδα συμπεριέλαβε τους πρώτους εξήντα ασθενείς με προπεριμετρικό γλαύκωμα. Η δεύτερη αντιθέτως ομάδα σχηματίσθηκε από τα πρώτα εξήντα υγιή άτομα χωρίς οφθαλμολογικό ιστορικό. Όλοι οι ασθενείς υποβλήθηκαν σε ένα συγκεκριμένο πρωτόκολλο εξέτασης. Για τους σκοπούς της μελέτης χρησιμοποιήθηκε το ερωτηματολόγιο National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ-25). Συμπερασματικά η ποιότητα ζωής σχετιζόμενη με την όραση σε προπεριμετρικούς ασθενείς υπό τοπική αγωγή είναι σημαντικά ελαττωμένη σε σχέση με τα υγιή άτομα. Το ανδρικό φύλο και ο ημερήσιος αριθμός κολλυρίων επηρεάζουν περισσότερο την ΠΖΣΟ. Η καλλίτερη διορθωμένη οπτική οξύτητα και η ενδοφθάλμια πίεση αποτελούν τα κλινικά χαρακτηριστικά που σχετίζονται καλλίτερα με διάφορες ενότητες της ποιότητας ζωής. Ό δείκτης PSD του οπτικού πεδίου σχετίζεται καλά με την ποιότητα ζωής των προπεριμετρικών ασθενών.
Purpose: To evaluate the quality of life related to vision (QoL) in patients with ocular hypertension under treatment. Methods: The study included two groups. The first one consisted of 60 ocular hypertension patients under topical hypotensive medications and the second one of 60 healthy persons. The Greek language version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI VFQ-25) was completed by all patients. Results: The median scores of the total score and also for almost all the NEI VFQ-25 subscales were significantly decreased for the first group of ocular hypertension patients (OHT) under topical therapy. Females presented higher QoL than that of males. The patients who used one medication presented higher QoL than that of the patients who used more than one. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and the intraocular pressure (IOP) were significantly correlated with QoL. The index of the visual fields, pattern standard deviation (PSD), was significantly related to the quality of life of OHT. The age, the cup to disk ratio and the central corneal thickness had also significant correlations with subscales of the QoL. Conclusions: The quality of life OHT patients under topical treatment is significantly decreased than healthy persons. Male sex and the number of medications affect QoL more. BCVA and IOP represent the clinical findings that best correlate with several subscales of QoL. PSD is a significant index that correlates well with the quality of life of OHT patients.
Purpose: To evaluate the agreement of glaucomatous structural defects of the ganglion cell complex (GCC) detected with the spectral domain optical coherence tomography (sdOCT) with the optic nerve head alterations detected with the Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT), of glaucoma patients with ocular hypertension or open angle glaucoma. Material and Methods: Ninety patients eyes with structural glaucomatous defects were enrolled. All of them underwent imaging examination of GCC with sdOCT and the optic disk with HRT. The Cohen's kappa coefficient of agreement was used. Results: The agreement between the optic disc and GCC using the parameters of the programs analysis of the HRT, the moorfields regression analysis (MRA) and glaucoma probability score (GPS) was not significant. Instead between MRA and GPS a good agreement was calculated. Significant agreements were found between MRA and GPS on one hand and GCC on the other, considering location and length of the glaucomatous damage, while non significant agreements were found between GPS and GCC for the location and the length of the glaucomatous structural defect. Conclusions: There is no significance (Please explain further if you are referring to significance in terms of the difference, similarity or agreement) between HRT and sdOCT for the detection of the glaucomatous damage between the optic nerve head and the ganglion cell complex. Instead MRA and GCC detect comparable areas and lengths of the glaucomatous damage. On the other hand GPS records larger deficits relative to MRA and has not a significant agreement with the study of GCC.
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