Glaucoma and quality of the life.

A questionnaire was prepared and given to 332 subjects who passed through our Institute for Glaucoma with the aim of evaluating their quality of life. The diagnosis of glaucoma is associated with a diminished quality of life in a considerable percentage of the interviewed subjects. The patients are troubled most of all by the inconvenience of the treatments and the fear of visual compromission. Mitotic therapies, polytherapies and systemic therapies are the less agreeable of them. Of the therapy in itself, the most disagreeable aspects are the frequency and timetable of the medications. No quality of life differences were mentioned by surgically treated patients nor those on solely pharmacological treatment.