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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Vision related quality of life and topical glaucoma treatment side effects Jean-Philippe Nordmann1, Nadia Auzanneau2, Séverine Ricard2 and Gilles Berdeaux*3 Address: 1Quinze-Vingts, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie, 28 Rue de Charenton, F-75571 Paris Cedex 12, France, 2Taylor Nelson Sofres Santé, 16 rue Barbès, F-92129 Montrouge Cedex, France and 3Alcon France, 4 rue Henri Sainte-Claire Deville, F-92563 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France Email: Jean-Philippe Nordmann - ; Nadia Auzanneau - ; Séverine Ricard - ; Gilles Berdeaux* - * Corresponding author Published: 10 December 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, 1:75 This article is available from: Received:. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Vision related quality of life and topical glaucoma treatment side effects Jean-Philippe Nordmann1 Nadia Auzanneau2 Séverine Ricard2 and Gilles Berdeaux 3 Address 1Quinze-Vingts Centre Hospitalier National d Ophtalmologie 28 Rue de Charenton F-75571 Paris Cedex 12 France 2Taylor Nelson Sofres Santé 16 rue Barbès F-92129 Montrouge Cedex France and 3Alcon France 4 rue Henri Sainte-Claire Deville F-92563 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex France Email Jean-Philippe Nordmann - Nadia Auzanneau - Séverine Ricard - Gilles Berdeaux - Corresponding author Published 10 December 2003 Received 05 November 2003 Accepted 10 December 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 75 r This article is available from http content l l 75 2003 Nordmann et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background Local tolerance of topical glaucoma treatment is important to achieve a good compliance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the consequences of local anti-glaucoma drug side effects on the vision-related quality of life QoL . Methods A mail survey was sent to 20 000 homes of a panel representative of the French population asking whether one member of the family was suffering from ocular hypertension OHT or glaucoma. POAG A computer-assisted telephone interviewing system was used to confirm self-reported glaucoma to describe the disease and its treatment and medical item consumption. Vision-related QoL was assessed with the NEI-VFQ-25 National Eye Institute Visual - Function Questionnaire and local tolerance with the COMTOL Comparison of Ophthalmic Medications for TOLerability . Results 13 352 .