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  • Ophthalmology
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

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  • Accurate identification of glaucoma cases in population-based studies is crucial for understanding disease burden.
  • Self-reported glaucoma status alone may lead to under- or overestimation of prevalence.
  • Developing improved methods for case ascertainment in large cohorts is essential for epidemiological research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a questionnaire-based proxy for identifying glaucoma cases in population-based cohorts.
  • To enhance the accuracy of self-reported glaucoma status by incorporating glaucoma-specific visual complaints.
  • To determine the prevalence of glaucoma using the developed proxy and compare it with self-reported data.

Main Methods:

  • A vision-specific questionnaire, including the NEI-VFQ-25, was administered to 79,866 participants in the Lifelines cohort.
  • A case-control logistic regression was used to identify glaucoma-specific visual complaints by comparing definite glaucoma cases with controls.
  • Definitions for 'probable glaucoma' (self-report + visual complaints) and 'possible glaucoma' (either) were established.

Main Results:

  • Significantly increased odds of definite glaucoma were associated with higher scores on distance, peripheral, and low luminance vision subscales (AUC=0.73).
  • The study identified 300 probable and 3,015 possible glaucoma cases.
  • Standardized prevalences for individuals aged 55+ were 0.4% definite, 1.1% probable, and 7.3% possible glaucoma; self-reported glaucoma prevalence was 5.2%.

Conclusions:

  • Combining self-reported glaucoma status with specific visual complaints provides a robust method for capturing glaucoma cases in population studies.
  • The developed proxy yielded a combined definite and probable glaucoma prevalence of 1.5%, which aligns better with existing literature than the 5.2% prevalence from self-report alone.
  • This enhanced proxy improves the accuracy of glaucoma case identification in large-scale epidemiological research.