A Scoping Review of Quality of Life Questionnaires in Glaucoma Patients

Precis: Multiple questionnaires exist to measure glaucoma’s impact on quality of life (QoL). Selecting the right questionnaire for research question is essential, as patients’ acceptability enable collection relevant patient-reported outcomes. Purpose: QoL relating a disease and its treatment an important dimension capture. This scoping review sought identify most appropriate capturing glaucoma QoL. Methods: A literature search used in glaucoma, including outcomes measures, was conducted identified were analyzed using developed criteria assessment. Results: Forty-one found which with detailed assessment leading summary score. top 10 scoring rated by synthesis grid, considering aspects such reliability reproducibility, authors’ expert clinical opinion. The results ratified consultation international panel ophthalmologists (N=49) from Educational Club Ocular Surface Glaucoma representing 23 countries. Conclusions: Wide variability among determine vision related responses elicited identified. In conclusion, no single existing design suitable all purposes research, rather we have study objective may be selected. Development new that could better distinguish between treatments terms treatment-related would useful includes patient perspective effects well meeting requirements regulatory health authorities. Future work involve development formal weighting system comprehensively assess glaucoma.