Table 5 Costs in € per year and intangible costs (quality of life) measured by the Visual analog scale (VAS)
Costs in € per year and intangible costs (QoL) measured by the Visual analog scale (VAS) | Total sample (n = 150) | Visual acuity >0.3 (n = 92) | Visual acuity ≤0.3 - >0.1 (n = 26) | Visual auity ≤0.1 (n = 32) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Total direct costs (€/year) | 539 | 1,265 | 395 | 860 | 239 | 278 | 1,196 | 2,208 | |
Direct medical costs (€/year) | 133 | 336 | 90 | 217 | 62 | 138 | 314 | 588 | |
Direct non medical costs (€/year) | 405 | 1,104 | 305 | 848 | 176 | 254 | 881 | 1,780 | |
Intangible costs (VAS) | 6.7 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 1.7 | |
QoL of caregivers living in the same household | (n = 65) | 6.6 | 2.0 | ||||||
QoL of caregivers not living in the same household | (n = 83) | 6.9 | 1.8 | ||||||
QoL of sons | (n = 19) | 6.7 | 2.2 | ||||||
QoL of daughters | (n = 40) | 6.9 | 1.9 | ||||||
QoL of female spouses | (n = 41) | 6.3 | 1.8 | ||||||
QoL of male spouses | (n = 29) | 6.6 | 1.7 | ||||||