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Assessing Early Stage Open-Angle Glaucoma in Patients by Isolated-Check Visual Evoked Potential
Published on: May 25, 2020
Quality of life and visual acuity outcomes in the Registry in Glaucoma Outcomes Research study
Anne L Coleman1,2, Flora C Lum1, Richard E Gliklich3
1H Dunbar Hoskins, Jr MD Center for Quality Eye Care, Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 655 Beach Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA.
Aims:
The RiGOR study evaluated the association of treatment and patient-reported outcomes for open-angle glaucoma patients.
Methods:
The Glaucoma Symptom Scale (National Eye Institute-Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ) and visual acuity (VA) were collected as quality of life measures.
Results:
The proportion of patients with improvement of at least two lines of vision was highest in the incisional surgery group (14.2% compared with 9.9% for laser surgery and 10.9% for additional medication).
Conclusion:
No clinically relevant differences were seen in benefit for the laser surgery or incisional surgery groups compared with additional medications for the Glaucoma Symptom Scale or NEI-VFQ measures or subscales. Differences in quality of life by race need to be explored in further studies.
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