Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice

Purpose: to identify statistically significant factors that determine adherence to long-term follow-up on the part of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases.Material and methods. A retrospective analysis was performed on 247 patients (153 women, 94 men) aged 24 to 92 years treated...

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Main Authors: E. V. Bobykin, V. Y. Krokhalev, R. V. Buslaev, O. V. Morozova
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Published: Real Time Ltd 2021-03-01
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author E. V. Bobykin
V. Y. Krokhalev
R. V. Buslaev
O. V. Morozova
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description Purpose: to identify statistically significant factors that determine adherence to long-term follow-up on the part of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases.Material and methods. A retrospective analysis was performed on 247 patients (153 women, 94 men) aged 24 to 92 years treated with anti-VEGF for “wet” age-related macular degeneration (n = 164), diabetic macular edema (n = 18), macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion (n = 35) and myopic choroidal neovascularization (n = 30). Demographic data and treatment results were statistically analyzed with the STATISTICA 13.3 program (normal conditions for variables, non-parametric and parametric criteria were determined).Results. Follow-up duration was shown to depend on gender (women are more committed to long-term treatment, p < 0.05), diagnosis (the longest follow-up related to myopic choroidal neovascularization patients), initial and final visual acuity. The comparison of subgroups of patients with the longest (over 30 months, n = 56) and shortest (till 12 months, n = 92) follow-up showed that prolonged monitoring corresponds to higher values of the initial (p < 0.01) and final (p < 0.05) visual acuity, as well as a lower average number of injections over the entire follow-up (p < 0.001) and a younger age of patients (p = 0.02).Conclusion. The follow-up duration depends on gender and age, the intensity of treatment, as well as on the initial and final visual acuity at a significance level of ˂ 0.05. Also, the follow-up duration depends on the particular diagnosis. An indicator clearly reflecting the severity of the burden of treatment is proposed: the coefficient of therapy intensity which is inversely related to the patient’s adherence to therapy.
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spelling doaj-art-29e1c13d70e14e54b31ae438d4a2cd442025-08-20T03:59:17ZrusReal Time LtdРоссийский офтальмологический журнал2072-00762587-57602021-03-01141212910.21516/2072-0076-2021-14-1-21-29328Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practiceE. V. Bobykin0V. Y. Krokhalev1R. V. Buslaev2O. V. Morozova3Ural State Medical UniversityUral State Medical UniversityUral State Medical UniversityUral State Medical UniversityPurpose: to identify statistically significant factors that determine adherence to long-term follow-up on the part of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases.Material and methods. A retrospective analysis was performed on 247 patients (153 women, 94 men) aged 24 to 92 years treated with anti-VEGF for “wet” age-related macular degeneration (n = 164), diabetic macular edema (n = 18), macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion (n = 35) and myopic choroidal neovascularization (n = 30). Demographic data and treatment results were statistically analyzed with the STATISTICA 13.3 program (normal conditions for variables, non-parametric and parametric criteria were determined).Results. Follow-up duration was shown to depend on gender (women are more committed to long-term treatment, p < 0.05), diagnosis (the longest follow-up related to myopic choroidal neovascularization patients), initial and final visual acuity. The comparison of subgroups of patients with the longest (over 30 months, n = 56) and shortest (till 12 months, n = 92) follow-up showed that prolonged monitoring corresponds to higher values of the initial (p < 0.01) and final (p < 0.05) visual acuity, as well as a lower average number of injections over the entire follow-up (p < 0.001) and a younger age of patients (p = 0.02).Conclusion. The follow-up duration depends on gender and age, the intensity of treatment, as well as on the initial and final visual acuity at a significance level of ˂ 0.05. Also, the follow-up duration depends on the particular diagnosis. An indicator clearly reflecting the severity of the burden of treatment is proposed: the coefficient of therapy intensity which is inversely related to the patient’s adherence to therapy.https://roj.igb.ru/jour/article/view/575follow-up durationanti-vegf therapymacular diseasestatistical analysis
spellingShingle E. V. Bobykin
V. Y. Krokhalev
R. V. Buslaev
O. V. Morozova
Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice
Российский офтальмологический журнал
follow-up duration
anti-vegf therapy
macular disease
statistical analysis
title Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice
title_full Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice
title_fullStr Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice
title_full_unstemmed Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice
title_short Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice
title_sort factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti vegf therapy for macular diseases with long term follow up in real life practice
topic follow-up duration
anti-vegf therapy
macular disease
statistical analysis
url https://roj.igb.ru/jour/article/view/575
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