A Study on the Quality of Life and Psychological Stress of Glaucoma Patients

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of patients with monocular and binocular glaucoma. The study included 30 normal tension glaucoma (NTG) patients. The patient’s QOL was evaluated using the Glaucoma QOL-15 questionnaire. The total score of the QOL showed 20.8±7.01 in monocular glaucoma and 2.71±0.91in binocular glaucoma. Peripheral vision, glare, and dark adaptation scores did not show significant effects on monocular glaucoma and binocular glaucoma. QOL-15 showed that peripheral vision scored higher with binocular glaucoma than monocular glaucoma. But there is no significant difference in other questions other question for the quality of life including peripheral vision. However, monocular, and binocular glaucoma patients feel certain levels of difficult due to their quality of life. Therefore, it is believed that it can be used as basic data for glaucoma patients.