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Title: Quality of Life among Patients with Glaucoma in the West Bank, Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Zyoud, Raj'a$AAUP$Palestinian
Khatib, Wejdan$AAUP$Palestinian
Keywords: Quality of Life
Glaucoma
Health Survey (SF-36)
Issue Date: 1-Jul-2023
Publisher: Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
Citation: Ethiopian-Journal of Health Sciences | Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (ethjhealths.org)
Series/Report no.: 2023; Volume 33 Nr. (4) Page: 581;Page: 581 / 10 pages
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a serious eye disease that impairs eyesight and negatively impacts quality of life. If left untreated, glaucoma can lead to blindness. This study aims at assessing the quality of life among glaucoma patients in the West Bank (WB) of Palestine and main influencing the factors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study and included two questionnaires; the Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 (GQL-15). Data were collected from a systematically randomized 100 glaucoma patients in the WB. ANOVA test was used to compare means of continuous variables at a statistically significant P value ≤ to 0.05. RESULTS: The overall quality of life among glaucoma patients was relatively suboptimal. The analysis revealed that the glaucoma quality of life is worse among older patients (mean=3.55±0.64), patients who are less educated (mean=3.91±0.77), among patients who were unemployed (mean=3.44±0.86), and patients who were treated in private clinics (3.57±0.8). Patients with good health (mean=2.48±0.94), type of glaucoma (close glaucoma; mean=3.22±0.9), less than 5 years duration of glaucoma (mean=2.88±1.13), and less than 5 years duration of cryonic diseases (mean=2.48±0.73 have a better glaucoma quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed numerous factors that can impact the quality of life of glaucoma patients in WB. Health professionals, specialists, ophthalmologists, and health educators should be aware of how various socioeconomic and general health factors impact the quality of life of glaucoma patients in order to better diagnose, manage, guide, and educate patients for better health outcomes.
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URI: http://repository.aaup.edu/jspui/handle/123456789/2778
ISSN: eISSN: 2413-7170 Print ISSN: 1029-1857
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