The physical and mental aspects of quality of life among patients with eye diseases: a cross-sectional survey study in Afghanistan

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Neyazi, A, Hosaini, F, Razaqi, N, Ahmadi, M, Padhi, BK, Neyazi, M, Noorzad, E, Rahmani, A, NoorMohammadi, M, Afzali, H, Tabib, RM and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2024. The physical and mental aspects of quality of life among patients with eye diseases: a cross-sectional survey study in Afghanistan. Discover Public Health, 21: 49. ISSN 3005-0774

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00169-y

Abstract

Background
The present study examined the quality of life and its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics among eye patients.

Methods
A cross-sectional survey was administered from January 2022 to April 2022. Data were collected from participants with eye diseases (N = 617) in the Herat province of Afghanistan.

Results
Of the 617 participants, 63.4% had poor physical quality of life and 14.9% had poor mental quality of life. Multiple regression analysis indicated that poor physical quality of life was significantly associated with being above 54 years old (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.15, p = .0048), being female (AOR = 3.58. p < 0.01), being illiterate (AOR = 3.31, p = 0.01), being unemployed (AOR = 1.93, p = 0.04), and experiencing a traumatic event during the past month (AOR = 2.06, p = 0.02). Poor mental quality of life was associated with occupational status (being unemployed) (AOR = 3.62, p = 0.05), and experiencing a traumatic event in the past month (AOR = 3.49, p < 0.01).

Conclusion
The present study provides a novel contribution to the field eye diseases and quality of life especially in relation to Afghanistan where there has been very little research in this area. The results indicate that public health authorities in Afghanistan should implement policies to improve mental and physical aspects of quality of life of patients with eye diseases as well as formulating strategies to help improve it.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Discover Public Health
Creators:	Neyazi, A., Hosaini, F., Razaqi, N., Ahmadi, M., Padhi, B.K., Neyazi, M., Noorzad, E., Rahmani, A., NoorMohammadi, M., Afzali, H., Tabib, R.M. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	2024
Volume:	21
ISSN:	3005-0774
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1186/s12982-024-00169-y DOI 2188600 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2024. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Melissa Cornwell
Date Added:	06 Aug 2024 10:44
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2024 10:44
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51929