Bezditko P.A., Stoliarova Ye.K.

Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

 Summary. Glaucoma is one of the most important problems of ophthalmology. Primarily glaucoma affects the quality of life because it leads to the loss of the visual field. The reasons for late visit to an ophthalmologist, a relatively small number of cases of open-angle glaucoma detected in early stage, high level of disability – are the important issues of ophthalmology. Life quality assesments, the second important indicator, which allows you to obtain information about the value and importance of the constraints that result from the disease. Purpose is to get more strict representation about the visual field of the patient to  the binocular visual sensitivity and to appreciate the degree of changes due to diseases of the patient with Esterman test and comparison with the data of the visual field examination.

The article presents the results of study of the changes occurring in the binocular field of vision in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma in comparison with changes in the monocular visual field and quality of life. The features of the influence of primary open-angle glaucoma in the quality of life of patients and the possible reasons for delays in seeking medical attention.

It is shown that open-angle glaucoma mostly affects the ability to perform tasks that require binocular field of view than the tasks for which the binocular field of view does not really matter. Therefore, in determining admission to the performance the work with special conditions (driving a car, work with machines, and so on) patients should be examined according to their condition of binocular visual field.

Keywords: open-angle glaucoma, quality of life, monocular visual field, binocular visual field.