Open AccessImpact of Glaucoma on Quality of Life and Activities of Daily Living
Author(s) -
Sangshin Park,
Younglim Kho,
Hyojin Kim,
Jihyun Kim,
Eun-Hee Lee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
hong kong journal of occupational therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1876-4398
pISSN - 1569-1861
DOI - 10.1016/j.hkjot.2015.04.002
Subject(s) - medicine , activities of daily living , glaucoma , quality of life (healthcare) , odds ratio , physical therapy , logistic regression , confidence interval , visual analogue scale , bathing , visual impairment , gerontology , ophthalmology , psychiatry , nursing , pathology
Objective/Background: This study was performed to assess the associations of glaucoma with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and activities of daily living (ADL).Methods: Using data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III in 2005, we analysed 9,047 participants (≥ 50 years old) and 3,518 participants (≥ 65 years old) to assess the associations of glaucoma with HRQOL and ADL, respectively. The diagnosis of glaucoma was based on questionnaires. HRQOL was evaluated by the EuroQol five-dimension descriptive system (EQ-5D) and the EuroQol visual analogue scale. The ADL was evaluated by the Korean-optimised ADL questionnaire. Logistic-regression analyses were used to assess the associations of glaucoma with HRQOL and ADL.Results: The glaucoma patients showed lower HRQOL and ADL scores compared to the healthy participants. The glaucoma patients showed significantly higher prevalence of impaired health status in all dimensions of EQ-5D, as well as in the “bathing” dimension of ADL as compared with the healthy participants. Impaired HRQOL and ADL were significantly associated with the risk of glaucomatous status (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] of EQ-5D: 1.65 [1.33, 2.05], EuroQol visual analogue scale: 1.75 [1.43, 2.15], and ADL: 2.04 [1.12, 3.74]).Conclusion: In line with previous studies conducted in other countries, Koreans with glaucoma had impaired HRQOL and ADL as compared with healthy Koreans