Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Jagat Ram

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• Research Article
  Quality of Life and Burden of Care in Glaucoma Patients and Their Families in a South Asian Population
  Author(s): Neha Kumari, Surinder Singh Pandav, Parul Chawla Gupta, Debasish Basu, Sushmita Kaushik, Srishti Raj, Anupam Banger, Jagat Ram Neha Kumari, Surinder Singh Pandav, Parul Chawla Gupta, Debasish Basu, Sushmita Kaushik, Srishti Raj, Anupam Banger, Jagat Ram
  
  Purpose: To study the quality of life and burden of care in glaucoma patients and their families and to compare it with cataract patients. Methods: This was an observational, prospective, cross-sectional study in which 100 glaucoma patients and 50 patients with age -related cataract as controls, 40 years of age or older were enrolled. Patients were interviewed to obtain information on visual disability and vision-specific quality of life using NEI VFQ-25 and on general quality of life using WHOQoL-BREF. Burden of care of glaucoma was assessed using Family Burden Interview Schedule. Scores of these three questionnaires were taken as main outcome measures. Results: Scores for patients with glaucoma were significantly lower than those with cataract in visual function, social function, mental health, role difficulties .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000669

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