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Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a group of ocular conditions that leads to irreversible blindness. It can affect the vision-related quality of life in many ways. In Ethiopia, limited information is available on how and to what extent the vision-related quality of life of the glaucoma population has been aff...

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Autores principales: Guchi, Girma Shallo, Mersha, Getasew Alemu, Alimaw, Yezinash Addis, Assem, Abel Sinshaw, Fekadu, Sofonias Addis
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698850
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S397775
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author Guchi, Girma Shallo
Mersha, Getasew Alemu
Alimaw, Yezinash Addis
Assem, Abel Sinshaw
Fekadu, Sofonias Addis
author_facet Guchi, Girma Shallo
Mersha, Getasew Alemu
Alimaw, Yezinash Addis
Assem, Abel Sinshaw
Fekadu, Sofonias Addis
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description BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a group of ocular conditions that leads to irreversible blindness. It can affect the vision-related quality of life in many ways. In Ethiopia, limited information is available on how and to what extent the vision-related quality of life of the glaucoma population has been affected. OBJECTIVE: This study attempted to assess the vision-related quality of life and associated factors among an adult population with glaucoma attending Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted on the adult population with glaucoma attending Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Systematic random sampling was employed to select 319 study participants. Descriptive and summary statistics were calculated. Simple and multiple linear regressions were performed to determine factors associated with vision-related quality of life. A p-value of <0.05 in multivariable regression was considered statistically significant at a 95% confidence level. RESULTS: The mean glaucoma quality of life-15 score in this study was 47.85 ± 15.41. Below primary education, primary education, visual acuity of the better eye, visual acuity of the worse eye, and severe glaucoma were significantly associated with the glaucoma quality of life-15 score. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The study observed poorer vision-related quality of life in the glaucoma population than previously reported in Ethiopia and around the globe. The vision-related quality of life was significantly associated with educational status, visual acuity of the better and worse eye, and stage of glaucoma in the better eye. Educating the glaucoma population on the nature of the disease, advice on early presentation, and better-coping strategies for the condition are warranted.
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spelling pubmed-98691802023-01-24 Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia Guchi, Girma Shallo Mersha, Getasew Alemu Alimaw, Yezinash Addis Assem, Abel Sinshaw Fekadu, Sofonias Addis Clin Ophthalmol Original Research BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a group of ocular conditions that leads to irreversible blindness. It can affect the vision-related quality of life in many ways. In Ethiopia, limited information is available on how and to what extent the vision-related quality of life of the glaucoma population has been affected. OBJECTIVE: This study attempted to assess the vision-related quality of life and associated factors among an adult population with glaucoma attending Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted on the adult population with glaucoma attending Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Systematic random sampling was employed to select 319 study participants. Descriptive and summary statistics were calculated. Simple and multiple linear regressions were performed to determine factors associated with vision-related quality of life. A p-value of <0.05 in multivariable regression was considered statistically significant at a 95% confidence level. RESULTS: The mean glaucoma quality of life-15 score in this study was 47.85 ± 15.41. Below primary education, primary education, visual acuity of the better eye, visual acuity of the worse eye, and severe glaucoma were significantly associated with the glaucoma quality of life-15 score. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The study observed poorer vision-related quality of life in the glaucoma population than previously reported in Ethiopia and around the globe. The vision-related quality of life was significantly associated with educational status, visual acuity of the better and worse eye, and stage of glaucoma in the better eye. Educating the glaucoma population on the nature of the disease, advice on early presentation, and better-coping strategies for the condition are warranted. Dove 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9869180/ /pubmed/36698850 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S397775 Text en © 2023 Guchi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Guchi, Girma Shallo
Mersha, Getasew Alemu
Alimaw, Yezinash Addis
Assem, Abel Sinshaw
Fekadu, Sofonias Addis
Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
title Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
title_full Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
title_fullStr Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
title_short Vision-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among an Adult Population with Glaucoma Attending a Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
title_sort vision-related quality of life and associated factors among an adult population with glaucoma attending a comprehensive specialized hospital, northwest ethiopia
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698850
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S397775
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