Factors affecting the use of antioxidant supplements in patients with late AMD

The purpose of this study was to assess the use of oral antioxidant supplements in patients with late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to identify influencing factors that may affect the use of such supplements. The study included 47 patients with late AMD. Using a questionnaire, the patie...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) N.Z.), 2014-01, Vol.8 (default), p.1227-1232
Main Authors: Yu, Alice L, Paul, Tobias, Schaumberger, Markus, Welge-Lussen, Ulrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Age-Related Eye Disease Study
age-related macular degeneration
Antioxidants
Antioxidants (Nutrients)
Body mass index
Diet therapy
Dietary supplements
Epidemiology
Eye diseases
Family medical history
Genetic aspects
Growth factors
Health aspects
Macular degeneration
micronutrients
Ophthalmology
Original Research
Patients
Physiological aspects
Professional education
Questionnaires
Studies
Vitamins
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The purpose of this study was to assess the use of oral antioxidant supplements in patients with late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to identify influencing factors that may affect the use of such supplements. The study included 47 patients with late AMD. Using a questionnaire, the patients were asked for their demographic, ophthalmologic, and systemic data, their source of recommendation of antioxidant use for AMD, and/or their reasons for nonuse. The demographic, ophthalmologic, and systemic information was correlated with use or nonuse of oral antioxidant supplements for AMD. Sixty-eight percent (32/47) of patients took antioxidant supplements for AMD and 32% (15/47) of patients did not. There were no statistically significant differences in demographic, ophthalmologic, and systemic parameters between patients with late AMD who used supplements and those who did not. Two thirds of patients with late AMD (66%, 31/47) reported being recommended oral antioxidant supplements for AMD by their ophthalmologist. Patients who did not use antioxidant supplements either did not obtain any recommendation or did not believe in their benefits. This study shows that most patients with late AMD use antioxidant supplements despite the recommendation to do so being missing in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study. Our study emphasizes the importance of seeking further therapeutic options for patients with late AMD.
ISSN:1177-5467
1177-5483
1177-5483
DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S64048