Quality of life in glaucoma

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the implication of blindness for glaucoma patients. According to WHO, glaucoma is the fourth case of global blindness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG) is by far the commonest in Europa.
Glaucoma affects approximately 2% of adults over 40 and it increases dramatically with age. A patient with glaucoma often has problems with important day activities and for them the burden of blindness is to keep normal vision-quality and life-quality.
The disease comes with visual acuity, visual field and color vision loss and the people affected by it, become depressed. The glaucoma patients have always to manage with their doctor the evolution of the disease and the severity of the disease has to be understanded by their family and their close people. The aging of the population will lead to more individuals with glaucoma and each country has to work on a national program to help its citizens affected by this disease.
Purpose. To identify implication of blindness for glaucoma patients