Wet and dry AMD have similar impact on quality of life

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Oct 26, 2009, 10:03:23 PM10/26/09

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Although patients with dry age-related macular degeneration may have
clinically superior vision than patients with wet AMD, the
nonexudative form can nonetheless negatively affect the patient's
functional vision, according to a speaker at the American Academy of
Ophthalmology meeting.

In a review of 467 patients with both forms of the disease, Lylas G.
Mogk, MD, said that 60% of patients with wet and 40% of patients with
dry AMD had vision less than 20/100. However, neovascularization did
not necessarily portend worse functional vision.

"The impact on lives does not correlate with the levels of central
vision loss, but rather with the presence of central vision loss at
any level," Dr. Mogk said during Retina Subspecialty Day before the
American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting

A similar percentage of patients with wet and dry AMD reported
difficulty in performing specific tasks: reading difficulty (100% vs.
90%), money management (88.3% vs. 83.2%), self care (71.8% vs. 61.1%),
meal preparation (77.7% vs. 67.2%) and housekeeping (69.9% vs. 58%).

Patients also scored similarly on the Geriatric Depression Scale: 30%
of wet vs. 24% of dry AMD with probable depression and 4% in both
groups had definite depression.

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