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Background

An essential goal of glaucoma management is to prevent a patient’s visual impairment that compromises their health-related quality of life (QOL). The disease itself, in addition to the medical or surgical treatment, can have a large impact on one’s life. We aim to briefly review and evaluate aspects of QOL in glaucoma.

Methods

The PubMed database was utilized for the literature examination of this review. Keywords that were searched included glaucoma, quality of life, vision-related QOL (VRQOL), quality of life questionnaire, and glaucoma therapy.

Results

The main topics identified and analyzed during the literature review stages include factors affecting VRQOL, the assessment of VRQOL using questionnaires, QOL in early and severe glaucoma, glaucoma and activities of daily living, glaucoma treatments, and new advances in clinically assessing QOL. The study findings indicate a relationship between the deterioration of visual field and the quality of life. The investigation shows that visual loss can result in a range of daily life challenges, which include compromised mental health status and difficulties with driving, reading, and recognizing people.

Conclusion

Glaucoma-induced visual field loss can significantly impact different aspects of patients’ life, and several methods exist for evaluating changes in quality of life. Quality of life assessments have their limitations as they are subjective. As potential future steps, we suggest exploring technological advancements such as virtual reality to improve patient care and outcomes.

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Latif, K., Nishida, T., Moghimi, S. et al. Quality of life in glaucoma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 261, 3023–3030 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-023-06050-z

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