Demographic and clinical features | VFQ-25 score | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline (N = 142) | 1 month follow-up (N = 137) | 3 months follow-up (N = 131) | 6 months follow-up (N = 128) | 12 months follow-up (N = 115) | |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 60.00 ± 15.09 (n = 69) | 64.68 ± 16.27* (n = 67) | 57.83 ± 12.03** (n = 63) | 59.35 ± 13.47** (n = 62) | 62.26 ± 16.97 (n = 55) |
 Female | 58.23 ± 17.54 (n = 73) | 58.93 ± 15.89 (n = 70) | 51.12 ± 14.38 (n = 68) | 53.51 ± 11.16 (n = 66) | 56.71 ± 19.25 (n = 60) |
Education | |||||
 Primary or lower | 55.41 ± 18.99 (n = 33) | 58.18 ± 19.51 (n = 32) | 42.83 ± 9.01** (n = 30) | 54.23 ± 13.46 (n = 29) | 58.54 ± 19.22 (n = 24) |
 Secondary | 57.46 ± 17.51 (n = 51) | 65.35 ± 15.07 (n = 47) | 57.26 ± 10.74 (n = 45) | 57.21 ± 13.20 (n = 45) | 60.27 ± 15.54 (n = 39) |
 Tertiary or higher | 62.62 ± 12.97 (n = 58) | 60.79 ± 14.93 (n = 58) | 58.17 ± 13.67 (n = 56) | 56.74 ± 11.76 (n = 54) | 59.37 ± 18.33 (n = 52) |
Marital status | |||||
 Married | 63.12 ± 17.23** (n = 98) | 63.37 ± 16.44 (n = 96) | 54.47 ± 13.67 (n = 97) | 57.19 ± 12.90 (n = 95) | 58.34 ± 18.29 (n = 93) |
 Not currently married | 50.11 ± 9.4 (n = 44) | 57.93 ± 15.41 (n = 41) | 53.98 ± 13.88 (n = 34) | 53.90 ± 11.64 (n = 33) | 63.71 ± 18.28 (n = 22) |
Area of residence | |||||
 Urban | 61.02 ± 16.64** (n = 114) | 61.80 ± 14.08 (n = 114) | 55.15 ± 14.58* (n = 109) | 57.21 ± 12.90 (n = 106) | 60.04 ± 18.37 (n = 94) |
 Rural | 51.26 ± 12.69 (n = 28) | 61.47 ± 24.87 (n = 23) | 50.36 ± 6.67 (n = 22) | 52.16 ± 10.51 (n = 22) | 56.33 ± 18.25 (n = 21) |
Income | |||||
  ≥ 10,000RMB | 69.52 ± 13.64** (n = 62) | 71.46 ± 13.09** (n = 57) | 65.02 ± 11.35** (n = 56) | 60.98 ± 13.69** (n = 55) | 65.29 ± 16.32** (n = 45) |
  < 10,000RMB | 51.01 ± 13.53 (n = 80) | 54.82 ± 14.76 (n = 80) | 46.37 ± 9.05 (n = 75) | 52.84 ± 10.57 (n = 73) | 55.56 ± 18.64 (n = 70) |
Eye affected by AMD | |||||
 Unilateral cases | 61.23 ± 16.05** (n = 112) | 63.97 ± 15.52** (n = 109) | 55.63 ± 14.30** (n = 107) | 56.83 ± 13.14 (n = 106) | 61.16 ± 17.46* (n = 93) |
 Bilateral cases | 51.12 ± 15.26 (n = 30) | 53.10 ± 16.55 (n = 28) | 48.62 ± 8.54 (n = 24) | 53.97 ± 9.71 (n = 22) | 51.78 ± 20.33 (n = 22) |