The impact of childhood glaucoma on psychosocial functioning and quality of life : a review of the literature

McLaughlin, Danielle E. (author), Šemrov, Ana (author)

We present a novel comprehensive literature review of studies of the psychosocial functioning (PF) and quality of life (QoL) of patients with childhood glaucoma and their caregivers. Our findings demonstrate variable study quality and approach, as well as inconsistent results relating to the association of glaucoma-specific factors and sociodemographic variables with measured PF and QoL. Future studies should focus on the development of culturally cognizant and standardized assessment tools, execution of multi-center longitudinal studies with global representation, evaluation of PF and QoL among siblings and childhood glaucoma providers, and implementation of interventions to improve patient and caregiver PF and QoL.

• Language: English
• Keywords: glaucoma, psychosocial functioning, quality of life, children, adolescents
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.10.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 3157–3173
• Numbering: Vol. 37, no. 15
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-155108
• UDC: 159.9:617.7-007.681
• ISSN on article: 0950-222X
• DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02492-1
• COBISS.SI-ID: 189483011
• Publication date in RUL: 20.03.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Eye
• Shortened title: Eye
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• ISSN: 0950-222X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1981204

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: zelena mrena, psihosocialno delovanje, kakovost življenja, otroci, mladostniki