Vision Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Glaucoma Patients

Table 1

Patient’s demographic characteristics and clinical variables.

Variable	Number of; patients	VRQOL score; mean (SD)	values
All	202	92.08 (23.97)
Binocular weighted average BCVA	0.48 (0.52), 0.00 to 2.35
BCVA for better eye	0.37 (0.49), 0.00 to 2.30		<0.001
<0.3 (>20/40)	122	102.80 (15.87)
0.3 to 1.0 (20/200 to 20/40)	62	86.90 (20.42)
>1.0 (<20/200)	18	44.00 (17.41)
BCVA for worse eye	0.81 (0.81), 0.00 to 2.50		<0.001
<0.3 (>20/40)	60	105.53 (14.0)
0.3 to 1.0 (20/200 to 20/40)	88	94.16 (17.94)
>1.0 (<20/200)	54	73.74 (29.84)
Binocular MD (dB value)	18.14 (12.09), 3.82 to 45.28
MD for better eye (dB)	−8.76 (8.23), −31.00 to 1.37		<0.001
>−6	106	101.94 (16.25)
−6 to −12	46	91.35 (19.19)
<−12	50	71.84 (29.03)
MD for worse eye (dB)	−15.28 (9.88), −33.19 to −2.98		0.001
>−6	48	104.17 (13.57)
−6 to −12	44	100.18 (18.87)
<−12	110	83.5 (26.10)
Age (year)	69.49 (12.04), 31 to 89		0.151
≤49	14	98.29 (19.59)
50–59	26	106.69 (15.13)
60–69	52	89.23 (24.20)
70–79	60	87.77 (23.34)
≥80	50	90.88 (27.48)
Gender			0.812
Male	92	91.43 (28.08)
Female	110	92.62 (20.15)
Education			0.079
Illiterate and primary school	36	81.67 (26.05)
Secondary school	50	90.52 (23.01)
Secondary school+	116	95.98 (23.06)
Residence			0.002
Rural area	12	56.83 (27.72)
Urban area	190	94.31 (22.05)
Marital status (married)			0.085
Yes	152	95.07 (21.84)
No	50	83.00 (28.94)
Duration of glaucoma			0.222
≤3 months	20	105.00 (19.75)
3–12 months	36	92.94 (21.50)
1–3 years	44	94.32 (21.97)
>3 years	102	88.27 (25.85)
Previous antiglaucoma surgery/laser			0.867
Yes	42	93.90 (16.82)
No	160	91.60 (25.58)
Antiglaucoma eye drop (type)			0.869
0	56	91.57 (21.21)
1	62	95.03 (20.57)
2	68	90.29 (28.11)
≥3	16	90.00 (29.52)
Self-reported systemic comorbidity			0.072
No	70	93.00 (21.10)
High blood pressure	56	99.71 (15.84)
Diabetes mellitus	28	83.50 (24.41)
Stroke	16	74.63 (25.73)
Other systemic diseases	32	92.81 (34.68)

VRQOL: visual health-related quality of life; SD: standard deviation; BCVA: best corrected visual acuity; MD: mean defect.