Quality of life and visual acuity outcomes in the Registry in Glaucoma Outcomes Research study.
AIMS
The RiGOR study evaluated the association of treatment and patient-reported outcomes for open-angle glaucoma patients.


METHODS
The Glaucoma Symptom Scale (National Eye Institute-Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ) and visual acuity (VA) were collected as quality of life measures.


RESULTS
The proportion of patients with improvement of at least two lines of vision was highest in the incisional surgery group (14.2% compared with 9.9% for laser surgery and 10.9% for additional medication).


CONCLUSION
No clinically relevant differences were seen in benefit for the laser surgery or incisional surgery groups compared with additional medications for the Glaucoma Symptom Scale or NEI-VFQ measures or subscales. Differences in quality of life by race need to be explored in further studies.
['Coleman|Anne L|AL|', 'Lum|Flora C|FC|', 'Gliklich|Richard E|RE|', 'Velentgas|Priscilla|P|', 'Su|Zhaohui|Z|', '|||']
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quality of life visual acuity registry patient-reported outcomes open-angle glaucoma comparative effectiveness glaucoma medication glaucoma surgery