Health-related quality of life in Ahmed FP7, and Baerveldt 250 and 350 patients compared with medical controls

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PURPOSE: To compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with Ahmed FP7 (FP7), Baerveldt 250 (B250) and Baerveldt 350 (B350) glaucoma drainage device (GDDs), and medically treated controls.

METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study from August 2017 to July 2019. The NEI 25-Item Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25), the Adult Strabismus-20 questionnaire (AS-20) and the Diplopia Questionnaire were conducted ≥30 days postoperatively in GDD patients, on enrolment for controls. Age, sex, treatment type, visual acuity, mean deviation and diplopia were evaluated for association with HRQoL RESULTS: Of the 128 GDD patients enrolled, 35 (27.3%) had FP7, 32 (25.0%) had B250 and 61 (47.7%) had B350. In univariate analysis, decreased HRQoL was associated with younger age (r2 range 0.042-0.071), diplopia (r2 range 0.039-0.119), GDD treatment (r2 range 0.023-0.103), lower visual acuity (r2 range 0.021-0.215) and worse mean deviation (r2 range 0.029-0.131). All GDD groups had lower HRQoL subscores than the controls. HRQoL scores were lower compared with controls among B350 patients for AS-20 Self-perception subscale, B250 and B350 for Reading and General Function subscales, and FP7 and B350 for VFQ-25 Visual Functioning subscale. There were no significant differences among the GDDs.

CONCLUSIONS: Glaucoma patients with a younger age, diplopia, lower visual acuity, worse mean deviation or a GDD had lower HRQoL. Those with B350 had lower self-perception scores, consistent with previous reports in the literature. This subscale was not diminished in FP7 or B250, so the decreased self-perception scores may be due to greater visibility or awareness of the B350.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

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The British journal of ophthalmology - 106(2022), 3 vom: 18. März, Seite 356-361

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kilgore, Khin P [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Stern, Nicole C [VerfasserIn]
Jamali Dogahe, Sepideh [VerfasserIn]
White, Launia J [VerfasserIn]
Khanna, Cheryl L [VerfasserIn]

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Glaucoma
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Treatment medical
Treatment surgery

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Date Completed 22.04.2022

Date Revised 22.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317856

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NLM318932466