PMID: 11320018Apr 26, 2001Paper

Quality of life in newly diagnosed glaucoma patients : The Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study

Ophthalmology
N K JanzK E Guire

Abstract

The Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS) was designed to determine whether patients with newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma are better treated initially by medicine or immediate filtering surgery. This paper describes the quality-of-life (QOL) measurement approach, instruments included, and the CIGTS participants' QOL findings at the time of diagnosis. Baseline results from a randomized, controlled clinical trial. Six hundred seven patients from 14 clinical centers were enrolled. Patients randomized to initial medication received a stepped medical regimen (n = 307). Those randomized to initial surgery underwent a trabeculectomy (n = 300). The baseline interview was conducted before treatment initiation. All baseline and posttreatment QOL assessments were conducted by telephone from a centralized interviewing center. The primary outcome measure described in this paper was QOL. The QOL instrument is multidimensional and incorporates both disease-specific and generic measures, including the Visual Activities Questionnaire, Sickness Impact Profile, and a Symptom and Health Problem CHECKLIST: The correlations between QOL measures and clinical outcomes were in the expected direction, but relatively weak. At initial...Continue Reading

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