Qualidade de vida de pacientes com glaucoma em um hospital no norte do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life in glaucoma patients attended in a terciary hospital in the north gaucho, to identify the factors related to poorer quality of life and to describe the patient’s epidemiology profile. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional research. It was selected patients, above eighteen years old, diagnosed with glaucoma and without any other ocular disease, who attend at Hospital de Olhos Dyógenes A. Martins Pinto Lions and they were personally interviewed for Glaucoma Quality of Life – 15 (GQL-15) questionnaire and data from medical records were collected and transcribed to an evaluation sheet. The variables age, sex, visual acuity, pharmacological and surgical treatment were verified. Statistical analysis of the data was performed, verifying the sociodemographic information. Results: In the sample, it was included 127 participants, the mean age was 63 years, with a predominance of females, in the 60-69 age group, the mean GQL-15 score was 33 points and the domain with the worst quality of life was that of adapting to brightness and darkness. Conclusion: The analysis of the data collected could determine that, in fact, the adaptation to brightness and darkness is the most affected factor in the quality of life of patients, which converges with findings from other studies. New studies using the GQL-15 in Brazil may guide to new glaucoma patients management.