The Adverse Impact of Glaucoma on Psychological Function and Daily Physical Activity

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study subjects.

Characteristic	Glaucoma (no.)	Normal (no.)	value
No. of patients	50	50	—
Age, y (mean [SD])	62.6 (5.3)	61.2 (4.3)	0.176
55–64	33	37	0.383
65–75	17	13
Sex
Male	20	26	0.229
Female	30	24
Marital status
Married	47	48	0.646
Divorced, separated, or single	3	2
Education level
Primary school	9	7	0.385
Junior middle school	16	17
Senior middle school	11	18
University	13	8
Postgraduate	1	0
Current smoker	5	5	1.000
Current drinking	6	4	0.507
Chronic diseases (mean [SD])	0.66 (0.79)	0.49 (0.68)	0.308
None	26	29	0.830
1-2	23	20
>2	1	1
Insurance	7	4	0.340
Glaucoma type
POAG	19	—	—
PACG	31	—
Early-stage glaucoma	9	—
Moderate-stage glaucoma	8	—
Advanced-stage glaucoma	33	—
No. glaucoma eye drops used (mean [SD])	0.54 (0.96)	—	—
Season of baseline measure
March–May	—	—
June–August	32	25	0.157
September–November	18	25
December–February	—	—
BMI kg/m^2 (mean [SD])	23.48 (2.57)	23.49 (3.56)	0.987
<25 kg/m^2	33	35	0.668
>25 kg/m^2	17	15
Heart rate (mean [SD])	71.68 (12.07)	71.33 (9.12)	0.870
IOP (mmHg)
Lower eye (mean [SD])	14.81 (3.85)	13.07 (2.20)	0.007
Higher eye (mean [SD])	18.04 (6.88)	13.91 (2.83)	<0.001
VA
Better eye (mean [SD])	0.75 (0.18)	0.97 (0.17)	<0.001
Worse eye (mean [SD])	0.62 (0.23)	0.85 (0.20)	<0.001
VF
MD better eye (mean [SD])	–8.00 (8.70)	–1.94 (2.59)	<0.001
MD worse eye (mean [SD])	–17.94 (10.16)	–3.33 (4.04)	<0.001

BMI = body mass index; IOP = intraocular pressure; VA = visual acuity; VF = visual field; SD = standard deviation.