Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea.
OBJECTIVES:Although determining the quality of life among glaucoma patients has important clinical and public health implications, the utility value of glaucoma patients has not yet been determined in Korea. METHODS:The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database was used to ide...
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| author | Seulggie Choi Jin A Choi Jin Woo Kwon Sang Min Park Donghyun Jee |
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| description | OBJECTIVES:Although determining the quality of life among glaucoma patients has important clinical and public health implications, the utility value of glaucoma patients has not yet been determined in Korea. METHODS:The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database was used to identify 833 glaucoma patients based on ophthalmologic examinations. The adjusted mean utility values, calculated by EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D-3L), of glaucoma patients according to patient demographics and measures of glaucoma severity were determined using multivariate linear regression analysis. RESULTS:The mean utility value of glaucoma patients was 0.8968. Patients aged 70 years or more had significantly lower utility value (0.86, p value 0.005) compared to those aged less than 50 years (0.96). Patients within the lowest quartile of income had a utility value of 0.87, compared to a utility value of 0.96 for those within the highest quartile (p value 0.001). Patients who were not married had lower utility value (0.87) compared to married patients (0.93). Patients within the lowest quartile of worse eye frequency doubling technology (FDT) score had lower utility value (0.88) compared to those within the highest quartile (0.94). Finally, bilateral vision loss patients had significantly lower utility value (0.83, p value 0.013) compared to patients without vision loss (0.92). CONCLUSION:The present study assessed utility values of Korean glaucoma patients. The quality of life determined by EQ-5D-3L in Korean glaucoma patients was higher compared to those in other countries. Patient demographics as well as measures of disease severity were important factors in determining the quality of life within glaucoma patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b29bf42b5e54726b80a7867329cbbb02022-12-21T20:01:41ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01135e019758110.1371/journal.pone.0197581Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea.Seulggie ChoiJin A ChoiJin Woo KwonSang Min ParkDonghyun JeeOBJECTIVES:Although determining the quality of life among glaucoma patients has important clinical and public health implications, the utility value of glaucoma patients has not yet been determined in Korea. METHODS:The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database was used to identify 833 glaucoma patients based on ophthalmologic examinations. The adjusted mean utility values, calculated by EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D-3L), of glaucoma patients according to patient demographics and measures of glaucoma severity were determined using multivariate linear regression analysis. RESULTS:The mean utility value of glaucoma patients was 0.8968. Patients aged 70 years or more had significantly lower utility value (0.86, p value 0.005) compared to those aged less than 50 years (0.96). Patients within the lowest quartile of income had a utility value of 0.87, compared to a utility value of 0.96 for those within the highest quartile (p value 0.001). Patients who were not married had lower utility value (0.87) compared to married patients (0.93). Patients within the lowest quartile of worse eye frequency doubling technology (FDT) score had lower utility value (0.88) compared to those within the highest quartile (0.94). Finally, bilateral vision loss patients had significantly lower utility value (0.83, p value 0.013) compared to patients without vision loss (0.92). CONCLUSION:The present study assessed utility values of Korean glaucoma patients. The quality of life determined by EQ-5D-3L in Korean glaucoma patients was higher compared to those in other countries. Patient demographics as well as measures of disease severity were important factors in determining the quality of life within glaucoma patients.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5976178?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Seulggie Choi Jin A Choi Jin Woo Kwon Sang Min Park Donghyun Jee Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea. PLoS ONE |
| title | Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea. |
| title_full | Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea. |
| title_fullStr | Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea. |
| title_short | Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea. |
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