Key Takeaways
- Neighborhood deprivation was not associated with glaucoma severity or medication adherence.
- Lower deprivation was associated with being married, White, older, living in an urban area, and having higher income.
Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation was not significantly associated with glaucoma severity or medication adherence among 200 veterans receiving care through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), according to a study.
The analysis included 100 veterans in an intervention group and 100 controls from the Medication Adherence in Glaucoma to Improve Care trial. Researchers linked baseline demographic and clinical data and 6-month smart-bottle medication adherence data with national Area Deprivation Index (ADI) percentiles.
Area Deprivation Index was not significantly associated with glaucoma severity (P = 0.69). In the control group, ADI also was not associated with mean weekly medication adherence (P = 0.98), and there was no interaction between ADI and intervention status for medication adherence.
Lower levels of neighborhood deprivation were associated with being married (P = 0.003), White (P < 0.001), living in an urban area (P < 0.001), being older (P = 0.03), and having higher income (P = 0.002). Area Deprivation Index did not differ significantly by sex or employment status.
Reference
Zhu M, Liu K, Woolson S, et al. Relationship of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation with Glaucoma Severity and Medication Adherence in Veterans. J Glaucoma. 2026;doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002781. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42746724.
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