BACKGROUND The NEI VFQ-25 has undergone psychometric evaluation in patients with varying ocular conditions and the general population. However, important limitations which may affect the interpretation of clinical trial results have been previously identified, such as concerns with reliability and validity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning ...

ophthalmologists visit patients with “20/20” vision post-op who are not satisfied and at times encounter cases with significantly lower visual acuity who are totally satisfied quality of life is at the heart of this.   quality of life (qol) approach—in the healthcare context—advocates a focus on the softer psychosocial aspects of health care vis-à-vis the harder biological aspects and the adopt...

PURPOSE To develop and investigate the reliability and validity of a Brazilian version of the 25-Item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire. METHODS A Brazilian version of the questionnaire was developed and applied to patients with chronic eye diseases and healthy controls. Reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, intraclass correlation coefficient and interra...

PURPOSE To validate a third-generation performance-based measure of visual function titled "Assessment of Disability Related to Vision" (ADREV) in a study population of patients with diabetic retinopathy. DESIGN Prospective, cross-sectional study. METHODS Patients with nonproliferative or proliferative diabetic retinopathy, free from ocular comorbidity, were recruited from a single institut...

METHOD one hundred (n=100) elderly outpatients with diabetic retinopathy taking antihypertensives and/or oral antidiabetics/insulin were interviewed. Adherence was evaluated by the adherence proportion and its association with the care taken in administrating medications and by the Morisky Scale. The National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) was used to evaluate HRQoL...

Purpose: This study set out to examine the impact of surgical treatment senile cataract on visual acuity and quality life in patients operated a public teaching hospital. Methods: Prospective including aged over 60 years with clinical indications for surgery treated at medical residency service. The National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 was applied. Corrected distance measured...

BACKGROUND To develop a Chinese version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (CHI-VFQ-25) and to test its reliability and validity in a group of patients with eye diseases in Hong Kong. METHODS The National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ) was translated into Chinese. Patients were recruited from Hong Kong, and their demographic data and visual acui...

PURPOSE To test the assumption that the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ) measures visual functioning, assess the validity of its subscales, and, if flawed, revise the questionnaire and derive a shortened version with sound psychometric properties. SETTING Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia. METHODS Patients from the cataract surgery waiting list self-...

To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of primary open angle glaucoma patients attending a tertiary eye centre. A total 60 patients were included in this study, which were divided into 3 groups i.e. primary open angle Glaucoma on medical treatment, primary open angle glaucoma that underwent surgery, 20 years age matched healthy volunteers. To assess quality of life National Eye Institute Visual ...