Health-related quality of life in patients with trachomatous trichiasis or entropion

Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Upreet DhaliwalManjeet S Bhatia

Abstract

To determine the health-related quality of life in patients with trachomatous trichiasis or entropion, before and after intervention. A prospective, case-control, interventional study. Health-related quality of life was evaluated in 60 patients with trachomatous trichiasis or entropion, before and after intervention, and 60 age- and gender-matched controls without trichiasis or entropion, using the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire. Thirty patients and controls had vision < 6/18, while 30 had vision = 6/18 in the better eye. The WHOQOL-Bref assesses four domains of quality of life: physical health (1), psychological health (2), social relationships (3), and environment (4). Domain scores of patients and controls and of patients before and after intervention were compared using Student's t-test. Patient characteristics were correlated with domain scores using Pearson's correlation. Quality of life was poorer than that of controls in domains 1 and 2 for patients with vision < 6/18 in the better eye (p < 0.001, p = 0.001, respectively), and in domains 1, 2 and 4 for patients with vision = 6/18 (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p = 0.01, respectively). Scores improved after intervention in all domains except domain 3, even though vision did not impro...Continue Reading

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