Profile of initial diagnosis in patients with glaucoma

ABSTRACT Objective To assess the stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis. Methods Cross-sectional and descriptive study, using data obtained by searching the database of glaucoma patients in their first consultation, before the starting any treatment. Results 101 patients (177 eyes) were included. Only 31 (30.69%) patients reported a positive family history of glaucoma. We found 26% of the evaluated eyes with advanced perimetric alterations, ten eyes (5.8%) with vision worse than 20/400, of these, three patients had legal blindness in both eyes. Factors associated with glaucoma severity were advanced age and high IOP. Conclusion Knowledge of the situation in the initial diagnosis portrays the reality of glaucoma in our environment and predicts actions aimed at preventing blindness.