BACKGROUND Commonly used vision-targeted health-related quality of life questionnaires almost exclusively focus items on vision under daytime conditions. Older adults even when in good eye health frequently report experiencing vision problems at night and under low environmental light levels, and psychophysical studies also document these visibility problems. Here we compare the progression of ...

Purpose. To evaluate the relationship between self-reported vision-related quality of life (VRQL) and visual field (VF) loss in people from glaucoma clinics. Methods. A postal survey using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) was administered to people with a range of VF loss identified from a UK hospital-based glaucoma service database. Trends were assessed in ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) following glaucoma filtration surgery. METHODS A total of 103 glaucoma patients scheduled to undergo glaucoma filtration surgery. Prior to and at three months after glaucoma filtration surgery, trabeculectomy or EX-PRESS, all patients completed the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25). A total of 4...

This paper discusses the use of “patient centered” outcome measures, particularly those questionnaires that assess health-related quality of life (QOL). More specifically, it goes on to review two questionnaires that relate to vision and brain injury. One of these is used to assess pre and post vision therapy reading abilities, while the other assesses pre and post accident vision symptoms. The...

PURPOSE To investigate the different impacts on patient-reported vision-related quality of life (pVRQOL) outcomes in patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma(PACG) and primary open-angle glaucoma(POAG). METHODS Prospective cross-sectional study. PACG and POAG patients who had a best-corrected visual acuity(BCVA) in the better eye equal to or better than 20/60, intraocular pressure control...

TopicSeveral patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are available to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with late stage clinical diabetic retinal diseases (DRD). However, an understanding the psychometric properties PROMs is needed assess how they could relate severity levels a revised DRD grading system. This narrative review assesses generic-, vision- and DRD-relate...

Objective: To evaluate vision-related quality of life (QoL) using National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI-VFQ-25) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) patients during coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Material and Methods: nAMD whose intravitreal injection had to be postponed due restrictions COVID-19 lockdown between April June 2020, NEI-VFQ-2...

PURPOSE To develop and psychometrically evaluate a visual functioning questionnaire (VFQ) in an ultra-low vision (ULV) population. METHODS Questionnaire items, based on visual activities self-reported by a ULV population, were categorized by functional visual domain (e.g., mobility) and visual aspect (e.g., contrast) to ensure a representative distribution. In Round 1, an initial set of 149 i...

PURPOSE To characterize the psychometric performance of the National Eye Institute 25-item Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) in visually normal Latinos (Mexican Americans). METHODS The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES) is a population-based study to assess the prevalence of eye disease and self-reported visual functioning in Latinos aged 40 or more years. Self-reported visual func...