Table 2 Treatments of patients included in the study.

From: Vision-related quality of life and symptom perception change over time in newly-diagnosed primary open angle glaucoma patients

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Overall N = 178

Intervention – n (%)

Topical, surgical and laser

4 (2.2)

Topical and Surgical

4 (2.2)

Topical and Laser

27 (15.2)

Only Topical

143 (80.3)

Topical Treatments – n (%)

Baseline

6 months

12 months

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β-blockers

54 (30.3)

46 (25.8)

47 (26.4)

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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

7 (3.9)

7 (3.9)

12 (6.7)

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Prostaglandin analogues

96 (53.9)

108 (60.7)

100 (56.2)

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Parasympathomimetics

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

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Prostaglandin + beta-blocker FC

15 (8.4)

16 (9.0)

26 (14.6)

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Alpha agonist + beta-blocker FC

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor + β-blocker FC

12 (6.7)

18 (10.1)

15 (8.4)

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Other

2 (1.1)

2 (1.1)

2 (1.1)

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Number of active agents – n (%)

Baseline

6 months

12 months

P-valuea

0

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

5 (2.8)

<0.01

1

148 (83.1)

133 (74.7)

120 (67.9)

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2

23 (12.9)

31 (17.4)

35 (19.7)

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≄3

7 (3.9)

13 (7.3)

18 (10.1)

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  1. Legend: N: Total number of participants; FC: Fixed combination; aFriedman test.