1 Centre for Eye Research Australia, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia. 2 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. 3 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 4 Department of Medicine, School o...

PURPOSE Patient-reported measures of visual function are increasingly incorporated into clinical trials of new treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Limited information is available regarding the associations between distance visual acuity (VA), reading speed, or contrast sensitivity and the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) subscales judged r...

BACKGROUND The importance of evaluating the outcomes of health care from the standpoint of the patient is now widely recognized. The purpose of this study is to develop and test a Japanese version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25). METHODS A Japanese version was developed with a previously standardized method. The questionnaire and optional items were co...

PURPOSE To determine the association between vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) and levels of visual function loss in the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT). METHODS Two hundred and fifty-five patients were included in the EMGT between 1993 and 1997 and followed regularly by ophthalmic examinations. A Swedish translation of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NE...

PURPOSE To evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who participated in two clinical trials. METHODS A secondary analysis of data from two randomized clinical trials was performed. NEI VFQ-25 data were collected from 1134 of 1146 patients with subfoveal choroida...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the structure–function characteristics and vision-related quality life (VR-QoL) in uveitic glaucoma (UG) compared with open-angle (OAG). Method: included 69 patients UG 138 primary open angle glaucoma, normal-tension glaucoma. A 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25) was used evaluate patients’ VR-QoL. retinal nerve...

AIM To evaluate the relationship between vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) and visual function in patients undergoing vitrectomy, gas tamponade and cataract surgery for macular hole (MH). METHODS The 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25) was self-administered by 32 patients with MH (age 66.2 (SD 5.4) years) preoperatively and at 3 months postoperatively. ...

AIM To examine the impact of bilateral or unilateral cataract surgery on visual functioning. METHODS The Singapore Malay Eye Study is a population-based study of 3280 Singapore Malay patients aged 40-80 years, of which 3225 had data available for inclusion. Cataracts were graded from digital lens photographs according to the Wisconsin scale. Study subjects were categorised as having: bilatera...

PURPOSE To validate the German-translated Low Luminance Questionnaire (LLQ), a vision-related quality of life scale assessing mainly mesopic and scotopic functioning, and to determine the relationship between the severity of vision impairment, ocular conditions, and low luminance-related visual functioning. METHODS In all, 274 participants, 184 patients with visual acuity <6/12 or a long-stan...