Impact of incident age-related macular degeneration and associated vision loss on vision-related quality of life

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BACKGROUND: We examined the associations between the 6-year incidence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and vision-related quality of life (VRQoL), and the contribution of presenting visual acuity (VA), in an Asian population.

METHODS: Fundus images from the Singapore Chinese Eye Study, a population-based cohort study (baseline: 2009-2011; follow-up: 2015-2017), were graded using a modified Wisconsin age-related maculopathy grading system. Incident AMD was defined as no baseline AMD in both eyes and early/late AMD in the worse eye at follow-up. Presenting VA was assessed using the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution chart at 4 m under standard lighting conditions with habitual correction. Multiple linear regression models determined the associations between AMD incidence with changes in the Rasch-transformed scores of the Reading, Mobility and Emotional VRQoL domains of the 32-item Impact of Visual Impairment (IVI-32) questionnaire, adjusted for traditional confounders. The contribution of presenting VA to changes in VRQoL was also estimated.

RESULTS: Of the 2251 participants without AMD at baseline (mean age (SD): 57.7 (9) years, 51.4% women), 101 (4.5%) and 11 (0.5%) developed incident early and late AMD at follow-up, respectively. Incident late AMD was associated with significant 30.3%, 32.5% and 30.9% decrements in Reading, Mobility and Emotional IVI scores, respectively. The contribution of presenting VA ranged between 1.62% and 4.35% of the observed decrements. No significant associations were noted with incident early AMD.

CONCLUSION: Incident late AMD had a substantial impact on all aspects of VRQoL, with presenting VA contributing only minimally to this longitudinal relationship.

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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), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 1063-1068

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Man, Ryan Eyn Kidd [VerfasserIn]
Gan, Alfred Tau Liang [VerfasserIn]
Fenwick, Eva K [VerfasserIn]
Teo, Kelvin Yi Chong [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Anna C S [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Gemmy Chui Ming [VerfasserIn]
Teo, Zhen Ling [VerfasserIn]
Kumari, Neelam [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Tien Yin [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Ching-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Lamoureux, Ecosse Luc [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vision

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Date Completed 25.07.2022

Date Revised 04.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-318269

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321957326