VISION RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE FOLLOWING PANRETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION IN PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 44
Abstract
BACKGROUND Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness in developing countries also and can be treated by effective treatment like panretinal photocoagulation. The side effects can be ignored compared to the advantages of laser treatment. The objective of the study is to evaluate the changes in vision-related quality of life following panretinal photocoagulation in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective study of changes in vision related quality of life following pan retinal photocoagulation in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy conducted in Retina Clinic, RIO, Trivandrum during the time period of one year from April 2008. Inclusion Criteria- Eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, visual acuity better than or equal to 6/60, a follow up of at least 6 months after pan retinal photocoagulation. Exclusion Criteria- Eyes with cataractous changes in the lens, eyes which would be undergoing or have undergone focal photocoagulation, eyes which have undergone barrage or sectoral retinal photocoagulation, patients with colour blindness, eyes with vitreous haemorrhage and macular preretinal haemorrhage, glaucomatous patients with peripheral field loss. RESULTS The mean age of the patients was 52yrs., Male patients (30) outnumbered the female patients (23), Mean duration of diabetes was 14.42 years, only 16.8% of patients had deterioration in the visual functions questionnaire score, 46.3% stabilised and & 36.8% showed improvement in their vision related quality of life. Among patients with deterioration in visual functions questionnaire score, none had difficulty in their daily routine works. The use of vision targeted health status questionnaires in conjunction with the clinical examination provide an overview of individuals’ daily well-being following laser treatment. CONCLUSION Our study showed that there is significant improvement in vision related quality of life following panretinal photocoagulation. So, we recommend pan retinal photocoagulation for all patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Authors and Affiliations
Nellaye Mani Sindhu, Pappa Padmavathi
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP604465
- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2018/633
- Views 93
- Downloads 0
A STUDY COMPARING DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF ROPIVACAINE 0.125% VS. 0.2%, WHEN GIVEN WITH FENTANYL 2 MCG/ML FOR EPIDURAL LABOUR ANALGESIA
BACKGROUND Epidural administration of local anaesthetics, with or without opioids, is commonly used for the relief of pain in labor. Lower concentration of local anesthetics is used for providing labor epidural analgesia...
HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THYROID GLAND IN SOME MAMMALS
BACKGROUND The sub-Himalayan region is known to be world’s biggest goiter belt in India, but no state can be said to be entirely free from goiter. There is a high incidence of thyroid disorder in the northeastern region...
PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF DEIODINASE ENZYMES MRNA EXPRESSION IN BREAST CANCER
BACKGROUND Iodothyronine deiodinases type 1, 2 and 3 (DIO1, DIO2 and DIO3) are enzymes that activates and deactivate Thyroid Hormones (TH) maintaining their homeostasis at cellular level. Recent studies show a possible r...
AN AETIOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS
BACKGROUND Erythroderma or exfoliative dermatitis is an inflammatory disorder in which erythema and scaling occur in a generalized distribution involving more than 90% of body surface. It is a reaction pattern of skin du...
PRIMARY EXTRANODAL NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA OF LEFT TONSIL: A CASE REPORT
Lymphoma encompasses a complex group of malignancies of the lymphoreticular system. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma of the Waldeyer’s ring is a rare entity. Chemoradiation gives a better prognosis. Here a case of unilateral palati...