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Measuring visual diasability in glaucoma
Author(s) -
KOTECHA A
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.3352.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , medicine , disease , intraocular pressure , quality of life (healthcare) , optometry , visual field , ophthalmology , pathology , nursing
Quantification of the visual disability experienced by the glaucoma patient is currently limited to the use of clinician‐based measures of disease status; that is, measurement of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness, visual field sensitivity and intraocular pressure. However, whilst these tests provide information to the clinician regarding patient management requirements, they provide very little information about the patient’s ability to function on a day‐to‐day basis. There have been attempts to measure the glaucoma patient’s experience using vision‐specific ‘quality of life’ questionnaires. However, it is apparent that no two patients with the same disease status will report the same quality of life experience. The purpose of this talk is to present new work examining how glaucoma patients perform specific, day‐to‐day tasks in the presence of the disease, with a view to understanding what specific visual factors might explain the difficulties they encounter at different stages of the disease.