Pawar S, Parkar A, Menon S, Desai N, Namrata D, Dole K
Department of Pharmacology, STE'S Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Pharmacy, Kondhwa, Pune, Maharashtra 411048, India.
Department of Pharmacology, STE'S Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Pharmacy, Kondhwa, Pune, Maharashtra 411048, India.
J Healthc Qual Res. 2021 Jul-Aug;36(4):225-230. doi: 10.1016/j.jhqr.2021.02.004. Epub 2021 Apr 2.
Diabetes affects most of the organs causing macrovascular and microvascular complications. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) results from the prolonged uncontrolled hyperglycemia which causes impairment of vision. Quality of life (QoL) of patients with DR is affected due to vision loss. National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25) is the questionnaire used to study the effect of DR on QoL.
To assess the QoL of the patients with DR.
The study enrolled 149 (male-104 and female 45) patients with DR. The previous translated and validated version of NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaire was used in the study.
Cronbach alpha for internal consistency was between 0.6 and 0.8. The male patient showed significantly higher (p<0.05) QoL scores (60.73±1.63) as compared to the female patients (53.15±2.84). Hypertensive patients showed poor QoL as compared to non-hypertensive patients. The patients with a history of diabetes for 16-30 yrs. showed better QoL as compared to other patients.
DR affects the QoL of life of patients. Routine assessment of QoL using NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaire would be useful for physicians and health care team.
糖尿病会影响大多数器官，引发大血管和微血管并发症。糖尿病视网膜病变（DR）是由长期未得到控制的高血糖导致视力受损引起的。由于视力丧失，DR患者的生活质量（QoL）受到影响。美国国立眼科研究所视觉功能问卷（NEI-VFQ-25）是用于研究DR对QoL影响的问卷。
评估DR患者的QoL。
本研究纳入了149例（男性104例，女性45例）DR患者。研究中使用了先前翻译并验证过的NEI-VFQ-25问卷版本。
内部一致性的Cronbach α系数在0.6至0.8之间。男性患者的QoL得分（60.73±1.63）显著高于女性患者（53.15±2.84）（p<0.05）。与非高血压患者相比，高血压患者的QoL较差。糖尿病病程为16至30年的患者与其他患者相比，QoL更好。
DR会影响患者的生活质量。使用NEI-VFQ-25问卷对QoL进行常规评估对医生和医疗团队会很有用。
