Research Article

The Adverse Impact of Glaucoma on Psychological Function and Daily Physical Activity

Table 3

Differences in accelerometry data between patients with early-, moderate-, and advanced-stage glaucoma and healthy control subjects.

Accelerometry dataDiagnosisMean (SD)Mean difference (SD) valuea valueb valuec

Daily step countNormal (ref)12703.77 (2922.34)
Early-stage glaucoma13341.77 (2026.99)638.00 (989.94)0.521
Moderate-stage glaucoma12000.38 (2940.45)–703.39 (1179.50)0.5530.352-
Advanced-stage glaucoma11209.22 (2422.61)–1494.55 (702.83)0.0370.0510.530

MVPA (%)Normal (ref)14.24 (5.32)
Early-stage glaucoma11.87 (7.35)–2.36 (2.38)0.323
Moderate-stage glaucoma14.92 (13.39)0.67 (2.65)0.7990.359
Advanced-stage glaucoma13.51 (5.94)–0.73 (1.50)0.6280.5090.607

Sleep quality (%)Normal (ref)90.51 (5.14)
Early-stage glaucoma91.59 (3.07)1.07 (1.64)0.515
Moderate-stage glaucoma93.98 (2.65)3.47 (1.82)0.0610.293
Advanced-stage glaucoma90.26 (4.07)–0.25 (1.03)0.8070.3060.050

Metabolic rate (%)Normal (ref)1.43 (0.24)
Early-stage glaucoma1.43 (0.16)0.00 (0.07)0.965
Moderate-stage glaucoma1.32 (0.11)–0.11 (0.07)0.1620.247
Advanced-stage glaucoma1.40 (0.11)–0.03 (0.04)0.4540.6190.342

The data are presented as mean (SD). p valuea: early-, moderate-, and advanced-stage glaucoma vs. normal; p valueb: moderate- and advanced-stage glaucoma vs. early-stage glaucoma; p valuec: advanced-stage glaucoma vs moderate-stage glaucoma.