Day Ward Glaucoma Patients Have Lower Depression Levels and Higher Glaucoma Knowledge Levels than Inpatients

Table 1

Demographic features and clinical characteristics of all participants.

	Day ward (n = 119)	Inpatient (n = 97)
Age (y)	52.26 ± 15.87	54.49 ± 15.35	0.297
Sex
Male	50	47	0.344
Female	69	50
Education
Primary school	18	17	0.459
Junior high school	27	28
High school	49	30
University and above	25	22
Marital status
Single	13	7	0.421
Married	105	90
Divorced/separated/widowed	1	0
Hospitalized times	1.04 ± 0.20	1.06 ± 0.43	0.655
Hospital day	1	3.07 ± 2.30	<0.001
Duration of glaucoma (y)
<1	71	57	0.774
1∼5	33	28
5∼10	7	8
>10	8	4
Type of glaucoma
PACG	63	61	0.520
POAG	26	22
Mixed glaucoma	3	2
Secondary glaucoma	20	9
Congenital glaucoma	4	2
Others	3	1
Medical insurance
Yes	66	55	0.964
No	53	42
MD of HFA 24-2 (dB)
Better eye	−7.21 ± 8.46	−10.0 ± 9.72	0.052
Worse eye	−17.45 ± 10.62	−19.8 ± 9.85	0.164
IOP at baseline (mmHg)
Better eye	15.26 ± 6.40	16.32 ± 6.86	0.242
Worse eye	22.84 ± 11.81	25.87 ± 12.17	0.066
Visual acuity
Better eye	0.65 ± 0.33	0.58 ± 0.40	0.260
Worse eye	0.35 ± 0.33	0.26 ± 0.26	0.053

PACG, primary angle-closure glaucoma; POAG, primary open-angle glaucoma; MD, mean deviation; IOP, intraocular pressure; dB, decibels.