Assessing the Quality of Life and Social Support in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 458
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Quality of life of AMD patients
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of life of AMD patients related to vision using the short version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25), patients' social support, and their relationship with demographic and clinical variables.
详细描述
Background and study aims. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most prevalent chronic progressive ocular disease. It has been shown in several studies that AMD affects the quality of life of patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of life of AMD patients related to vision using the short version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25), patients' social support, and their relationship with demographic and clinical variables.
Who can participate? Patients with AMD, who wish to participate, will be recruited. Patients will be recruited from three locations of the Kazakh Scientific - Research Institute of Eye Diseases in Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Shymkent.
What does the study involve? The study involves collecting demographic data of the participants, collecting baseline visual testing data from medical records, filling out of the NEI-VFQ-25, and answering two yes/no questions related to the social support and reliability of social support.
What are possible benefits and risks of participating? Assessment of quality of life and social support of the AMD patients is a first step of developing targeted psycho-social support programs for AMD patients.
Where is the study run from? Patients will be recruited from three locations of the Kazakh Scientific - Research Institute of Eye Diseases in Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Shymkent.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 30 Years 至 90 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •age-related macular degeneration; ability to speak and understand Russian and/or Kazakh language; willingness to participate
排除标准
- •Presence of glaucoma, cataracts of grade 2 or more according to the Lens Opacities Classification System (LOCS) III, and the presence of corneal opacities or any other retinal diseases
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of life of AMD patients
时间窗: at the recruitment to the study
Vision related Quality of life (QOL) of AMD patients related to vision assessed by NEI-VFQ-25 total score at the recruitment. NEI-VFQ-25 has 38 questions with multiple choice answers, each rated 0,25, 50, 75 or 100. The overall score is measured as a mean of all answers
次要结局
- Social Support(at the recruitment to the study)
- Relationship between QOL and social support(at the recruitment to the study)
- Reliability of Social Support(at the recruitment to the study)
研究者
Ildar Fakhradiyev
Principal Investigator
Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University