Quality of Life and Visual Efficiency: fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
10.3341/jkos.2016.57.3.485
- Author:
Soo Han KIM
1
;
Hun Gu CHOO
;
Ie Na YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. bswhitey@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
EuroQoL 5D (EQ-5D);
Quality of life;
The fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES V);
Visual acuity;
Visual efficiency
- MeSH:
Education;
Glaucoma;
Humans;
Korea*;
Nutrition Surveys*;
Ownership;
Quality of Life*;
Spouses;
Visual Acuity;
Visual Field Tests
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2016;57(3):485-491
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To analyze the association of visual efficiency and quality of life using data from the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES V). METHODS: The present study included 5,244 glaucoma or glaucoma suspect subjects who completed a visual acuity test, visual field test and health-related questionnaire from the KNHANES V. Visual efficiency was calculated using best corrected visual acuity and visual field test. Quality of life was assessed with EuroQoL 5D (EQ-5D). Visual efficiency was compared with best corrected vision of the better eye to evaluate the relationship with quality of life. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and partial correlations analysis were used to analyze the associations between factors. RESULTS: Both visual efficiency and best corrected visual acuity of the better eye were significantly different with all EQ-5D parameters (p < 0.005). After controlling for age, gender, income, education, spouse and house ownership, visual efficiency showed a positive correlation coefficient of +0.040 (p = 0.006) with the quality of life and the best corrected visual acuity of the better eye showed negative correlation coefficient of -0.044 (p = 0.002) with the quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: Visual efficiency was associated with the quality of life. Not only visual acuity but also visual efficiency would be a valuable parameter when considering the quality of life. Further studies are needed to evaluate non-glaucomatous populations.
