The Relationship Between Self-Management and Quality of Life and Visual Function in Glaucoma Patients

Introduction: selfmanagement positively contributes to the quality of life of many patientswith chronic diseases.objective: the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between selfmanagementand the quality of life and visual performance among patients with glaucoma.materials and methods: the current crosssectional and comparative study was conductedat the glaucoma clinic of the eye hospital in tabriz city, iran. through simple randomsampling method, the quality of life, visual function, and selfmanagement of 120 patientswere compared using the glaucoma quality of life (gqol15), national eye institutevisual functioning (neivfq), and patient activating measure (pam) questionnaires. thestudy participants rsquo; demographic data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean,and standard deviation. student samples ttest and pearson rsquo;s correlational coefficientwere conducted to compare mean scores and determine the study variables rsquo; relations.results: the total mean ±sd scores for the quality of life, selfmanagement, and visualperformance of the studied patients were 33.88 ±12.73, 65.06 ±12.69, and 81.36 ±14.01,respectively. there was a significant relationship between selfmanagement and the qualityof life and visual performance of the patients (p=0.001).conclusion: there was a significant linear relationship between selfmanagement andthe quality of life and visual performance of the studied patients; thus, considering selfmanagement strategies in patient education plans for nursing curriculums and hospitals rsquo;education programs are suggested.