Comparative Evaluation of the Different Assessment Methods of Life Quality in Patients with Vitreoretinal Pathology

Abstract

Effectiveness of the patients with the vitreoretinal pathology with different quality of life (QL) comparative evaluation methods. Methods. 129 patients (before and after standard vitrectomy) with the 3 types of the vitreretinal pathology were examined (38 — with intraocular hemorrhage, 43 — proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), 48 — retinal detachment). Complex examination (36 clinical, haemodynamic and electrophysiological indications) were performed before and 1 month after surgery. QL research was based on the QL-25 (Russian type of the VFQ-25), QL-9 (Russian type of VF-14) and authorial QL-20 questionnaire. Results. QL increasing was detected after the surgery (15.8–20.9%) in all cases of the vitreoretinal pathology type. Correlation analysis of the different QL hasshown obvious QL-20 advantages, comparing to QL-9 and mostly QL-25, that was indicated by the statistically significant difference of the middle (all 36 indicators) KK (0,44±0,02; 0,35±0,02; 0,15±0,03) and higher KK relating to prognostic informative vision indicators (0,75–0,84; 0,69–0,74; 0,21–0,70). Conclusion. Results indicate actuality of the QL-20 method adaption in dispensary observation of the patients with different types of vitreoretinal pathology.

Keywords

• quality of life
• vitreoretinal pathology
• subjective status