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Eva K Fenwick^1,2, Semra Ozdemir², Ryan E K Man^1,2

¹Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.

JAMA Ophthalmology

|June 24, 2021

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A new Glaucoma Utility Instrument (Glau-U) shows significant utility decrements in advanced glaucoma. This tool aids cost-effectiveness analyses for glaucoma treatments and vision loss interventions.

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Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Health Economics
Psychometrics

Background:

A validated instrument for estimating glaucoma-specific utilities across disease severity is needed for cost-effectiveness analyses.
Current methods lack a glaucoma-specific tool to assess treatment cost-effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate the Glaucoma Utility Instrument (Glau-U).
To assess the association between Glau-U utilities and glaucoma severity and vision impairment.

Main Methods:

A cross-sectional study involving discrete choice experiment (DCE) surveys.
Glau-U development included 6 quality-of-life attributes.
Mixed logit regression and ANOVA were used to determine utility weights and analyze associations.

Main Results:

Glau-U utilities significantly decreased with increasing glaucoma severity and vision impairment.
Large utility decrements were observed in advanced glaucoma stages (up to 76.1% reduction).
Glau-U utilities showed moderate correlations with visual field data and low correlations with EQ-5D utilities.

Conclusions:

The Glaucoma Utility Instrument (Glau-U) is a validated tool for assessing glaucoma-specific utilities.
Glau-U is useful for cost-effectiveness analyses of glaucoma interventions.
Findings support Glau-U's utility in informing resource allocation for vision loss.