title: Vision-related quality of life in children with glaucoma.
abstract: Although reporting vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) outcomes has become increasingly common in adult glaucoma studies, little is known about the influence of disease severity, medication burden, and surgical experience on the quality of life of children with glaucoma. We tested the feasibility of administering a self-reported VRQoL instrument and describe the VRQoL in children with glaucoma. Better VRQoL was correlated with higher visual acuity in the better-seeing eye but not the number of surgeries the child had undergone or the number of prescribed eyedrops.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Benjamin L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.affiliation: Duke eye Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sarah K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Duke eye Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Duke eye Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sandra S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Stinnett
authors.affiliation: Duke eye Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: kelly.muir@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Kelly W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Muir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity