Improving health-related quality of life in glaucoma during 11 years and its association with vision loss and treatment of the disease.
Petri K M PurolaJanika E NättinenMinna M ParkkariMatti U I OjamoSeppo V P KoskinenHarri A RissanenPäivi R J SainioHannu M T UusitaloPublished in: Acta ophthalmologica (2021)
Glaucoma patients show reduced HRQoL and mental health, which is associated with vision loss regardless of the awareness or treatment of the disease. However, this effect seems to be diminishing over time, and the newly diagnosed glaucoma did not show a significant effect on either HRQoL or mental health.