[Study of the quality of life in patients with glaucoma]

The purpose of the study was the assessment of the perception of the disease (glaucoma) and life quality (LQ) by a patient and interrelations between the objective parameters of visual functions and the self-assessment of the condition in patients with glaucoma. A total of 74 glaucoma patients were prospectively examined. The SF-36 russified version and adapted, by the authors, NEI-VFQ-25, 2000, method were made use of. Threshold testing 24-2 and Esterman's binocular screening test were used to detect any disorders in the peripheral vision. The study results are indicative of that the LQ parameters go down in patients with glaucoma according to both the results of the self-assessment of the health condition as a whole (SF = 36), and in relation with glaucoma (NEI-VFQ-25). The LQ parameters of NEI-VFQ-25 of glaucomatous patients are reliably lower as compared to the control group. A moderate statistically significant correlation was used to determine the LQ dependence on the peripheral vision changes virtually in all NEI-VFQ-25 scales. The LQ dependence on a degree of visual functions' disorders was found to be reliable; however, the LQ indices were notably reduced in glaucomatous patients without visual field defects, which was due to a changed psychological status.