BACKGROUND: There is an increasing interest in assessing the quality of life as an additional guide for therapeutic choices, especially in patients with chronic diseases, e.g. glaucoma. Most standardized questionnaires are available in English making them inapplicable for daily use in non-English-speaking environments. The "Glaucoma Quality of Life 15 Questionnaire" (GQL-15) is a test designed for glaucoma patients in English and was translated into German in order to analyze its practicability in a daily clinical setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The GQL-15 was handed out to glaucoma patients during the hospital stay. The questionnaires were analyzed retrospectively and correlated to clinical indices, such as age, visual acuity, visual field, parametric mean deviation (MD) and frequency of pharmacologic treatment. RESULTS: A total of 31 patients were evaluated. It could be demonstrated that the quality of life summary scores correlated with visual field loss. Evaluation of subscale scores of visual function revealed that glare and dark adaptation were correlated with glaucoma severity especially in the early stages of the disease. CONCLUSIONS: The German translation of the GQL-15 was well accepted by glaucoma patients. In our analysis disability of vision-related activities as expressed in the translated GQL-15 correlated with glaucoma severity. This first use of the translated GQL-15 encourages further studies in German glaucoma patients and their quality of life.
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing interest in assessing the quality of life as an additional guide for therapeutic choices, especially in patients with chronic diseases, e.g. glaucoma. Most standardized questionnaires are available in English making them inapplicable for daily use in non-English-speaking environments. The "Glaucoma Quality of Life 15 Questionnaire" (GQL-15) is a test designed for glaucomapatients in English and was translated into German in order to analyze its practicability in a daily clinical setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The GQL-15 was handed out to glaucomapatients during the hospital stay. The questionnaires were analyzed retrospectively and correlated to clinical indices, such as age, visual acuity, visual field, parametric mean deviation (MD) and frequency of pharmacologic treatment. RESULTS: A total of 31 patients were evaluated. It could be demonstrated that the quality of life summary scores correlated with visual field loss. Evaluation of subscale scores of visual function revealed that glare and dark adaptation were correlated with glaucoma severity especially in the early stages of the disease. CONCLUSIONS: The German translation of the GQL-15 was well accepted by glaucomapatients. In our analysis disability of vision-related activities as expressed in the translated GQL-15 correlated with glaucoma severity. This first use of the translated GQL-15 encourages further studies in German glaucomapatients and their quality of life.
Authors: A van Gestel; C A B Webers; H J M Beckers; M C J M van Dongen; J L Severens; F Hendrikse; J S A G Schouten Journal: Eye (Lond) Date: 2010-11-05 Impact factor: 3.775
Authors: Ivan Sencanic; Tatjana Gazibara; Jelena Dotlic; Miroslav Stamenkovic; Vesna Jaksic; Marija Bozic; Anita Grgurevic Journal: Int J Ophthalmol Date: 2018-10-18 Impact factor: 1.779