The impact of diabetic retinopathy on patients' quality of life: A comprehensive evaluation

• Author Details:   
• Manveen Kaur Kukreja
• Sonam Juneja ^*
• Anubha Bhatti
• Saroj Bala
• Brijesh Singla
• Gursimranjeet Singh

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Background: To assess the quality of life in patients with diabetic retinopathy using NEI-VFQ 25 questionnaire, with comparison to patients without DR.

Aim & Objective: The Impact of Diabetic Retinopathy on patients' Quality of Life: A comprehensive evaluation.

Materials and Methods: This prospective study enrolled a total of 150 diabetic patients with 100 patients having diabetic retinopathy as case group and 50 patients with no diabetic retinopathy changes as control group. Quality of life was then compared between these two groups as well as with the severity of diabetic retinopathy using NEI-VFQ 25 questionnaire.

Results: Of the 150 patients, 49.3% were females and 50.7% were males. The mean age of the patients in case and control group was 60.58±8.12 and 64.48±8.76 years respectively. Majority of the sub scales had significantly higher (p<0>

Conclusion: The quality of life is poor in patients with diabetic retinopathy. It further deteriorates with the increased severity of diabetic retinopathy.

Keywords: Quality of life, Diabetic retinopathy (DR), Diabetes mellitus (DM), Visual impairment.