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Special Report

Assessment of vision-related quality of life measures in ophthalmic conditions

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Pages 691-724 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

In this researching this report, a literature search of Entrez PubMed revealed 178 suitable articles, published between January 2000 and April 2006, concerning vision-related quality of life and progressive sight loss. Of these, 147 concerned previously developed instruments and mainly focused on two areas: descriptions of health-related quality of life in certain diseases or treatments (n = 99) and descriptions of psychometric properties of an instrument (n = 48). A total of 17 new instruments were described in 31 articles. The large number of articles reflects the growing awareness of the need for patients’ self-assessment of visual function; it may also reflect the difficulty of developing psychometrically robust instruments.

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