Predictors of health-related quality of life in Chinese patients receiving treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: A Prospective Longitudinal study [post]

2020 unpublished
KEYWORDS age-related macular degeneration; health-related quality of life; predictor; longitudinal study 2 Abstract Objectives Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is currently the leading cause of irreversible visual impairment in developed countries and seriously affect the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients. However, the majority of the researches in this area employ cross-sectional design, and the longitudinal researches investigating changes in HRQoL and influence factors
more » ... are limited. The aim of the study was to use longitudinal study design to investigate descriptive trends in HRQoL and predictive factors in Chinese AMD patients receiving treatment of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors (anti-VEGF) at baseline and follow-ups.
doi:10.21203/rs.2.23914/v1 fatcat:tnvqwdxxhveb5aurr2cc6um6ti