Measuring Disability in Glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma
Ayodeji E Sotimehin, Pradeep Y Ramulu

Abstract

Glaucomatous visual field loss can have far-reaching and debilitating consequences on an individual, affecting one's ability to perform many important tasks. Although assessment of glaucoma-related disability constitutes an important part of clinical care, there remains a lack of organized, detailed information on the most suitable methods to capture disability in glaucoma. This review details the available methods to measure glaucoma-related disability and highlights important findings from studies utilizing these various methods. The literature was reviewed to identify papers evaluating disability in glaucoma and findings were summarized by research methodology used and area of impairment. Identified methods for capturing glaucoma-related disability included qualitative descriptions, glaucoma-specific quality of life questionnaires, vision-specific questionnaires, general health questionnaires, functional domain-specific questionnaires, evaluation of task performance, event assessment (ie, falls and motor vehicle accidents), and real-world behavior (ie, daily physical activity). Findings using these methods show a strong relationship between glaucoma and/or glaucoma severity and difficulties with reading, driving, mobility, a...Continue Reading

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