DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i08.052

Pages: 3007-3012

To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of primary open angle glaucoma patients attending a tertiary eye centre. A total 60 patients were included in this study, which were divided into 3 groups i.e. primary open angle Glaucoma on medical treatment, primary open angle glaucoma that underwent surgery, 20 years age matched healthy volunteers. To assess quality of life National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire-25 was used. The overall and subscale scores were compared in the three groups i.e. medical t/t, surgically t/t and control. There was significant differences in overall QoL score among these three groups. Glaucomatous patients had poor QoL than non-glaucomatous subjects and glaucomatous patients on medical treatment have better QoL score than the surgically treated patients. There is no difference in QoL of glaucoma patients on monotherapy with different antiglaucoma medications, while there is worsening of QoL as the number of antiglaucoma medications increases.