Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot Study
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Subjective visual function is currently becoming an increasing appreciation in assessing the health-related quality of life. This study aimed to assess the vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) among patients with refractive errors, keratoconus, senile...
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| author | Jiahn-Shing Lee Ken-Kuo Lin Chiun-Ho Hou Pei-Ru Li Lai-Chu See |
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| description | <i>Background and Objectives</i>: Subjective visual function is currently becoming an increasing appreciation in assessing the health-related quality of life. This study aimed to assess the vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) among patients with refractive errors, keratoconus, senile cataract, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using the Chinese version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ-25). <i>Materials and Methods</i>: The questionnaire of NEI-VFQ-25 was filled out in a clinical setting or by telephone/mail. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine which factors are associated with the NEI-VFQ-25. <i>Results</i>: From June 2018 to January 2019, 28 patients with refractive error, 20 patients with keratoconus, 61 with senile cataracts, and 17 with AMD completed the questionnaire NEI-VFQ-25. There were significant differences in the NEI-VFQ-25 subscale of general vision (<i>p</i> = 0.0017), ocular pain (<i>p</i> = 0.0156), near activities (<i>p</i> = 0.0002), vision-specific social functioning (<i>p</i> = 0.007), vision-specific mental health (<i>p</i> = 0.0083), vision-specific dependency (<i>p</i> = 0.0049), color vision (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), peripheral vision (<i>p</i> = 0.0065), and total score (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) among four disease groups, respectively. The multiple linear regression revealed that the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and disease group were important factors of the total NEI-VFQ-25. After adjusting for BCVA, patients with AMD had a worse total NEI-VFQ-25 score than patients with refractive error, keratoconus, or senile cataracts. <i>Conclusions</i>: Among the patients with four ocular disorders and a broad vision spectrum from normal, partial sight, low vision to legal blindness, the BCVA of their better eye was the most important factor in the VRQOL. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20b927aaf65e414c935db16d54eee62d2023-11-23T12:03:09ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-04-0158560210.3390/medicina58050602Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot StudyJiahn-Shing Lee0Ken-Kuo Lin1Chiun-Ho Hou2Pei-Ru Li3Lai-Chu See4Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 333, TaiwanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 333, TaiwanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 333, TaiwanDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 333, TaiwanDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Subjective visual function is currently becoming an increasing appreciation in assessing the health-related quality of life. This study aimed to assess the vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) among patients with refractive errors, keratoconus, senile cataract, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using the Chinese version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ-25). <i>Materials and Methods</i>: The questionnaire of NEI-VFQ-25 was filled out in a clinical setting or by telephone/mail. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine which factors are associated with the NEI-VFQ-25. <i>Results</i>: From June 2018 to January 2019, 28 patients with refractive error, 20 patients with keratoconus, 61 with senile cataracts, and 17 with AMD completed the questionnaire NEI-VFQ-25. There were significant differences in the NEI-VFQ-25 subscale of general vision (<i>p</i> = 0.0017), ocular pain (<i>p</i> = 0.0156), near activities (<i>p</i> = 0.0002), vision-specific social functioning (<i>p</i> = 0.007), vision-specific mental health (<i>p</i> = 0.0083), vision-specific dependency (<i>p</i> = 0.0049), color vision (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), peripheral vision (<i>p</i> = 0.0065), and total score (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) among four disease groups, respectively. The multiple linear regression revealed that the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and disease group were important factors of the total NEI-VFQ-25. After adjusting for BCVA, patients with AMD had a worse total NEI-VFQ-25 score than patients with refractive error, keratoconus, or senile cataracts. <i>Conclusions</i>: Among the patients with four ocular disorders and a broad vision spectrum from normal, partial sight, low vision to legal blindness, the BCVA of their better eye was the most important factor in the VRQOL.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/5/602vision-related quality of liferefractive errorkeratoconussenile cataractage-related macular degeneration |
| spellingShingle | Jiahn-Shing Lee Ken-Kuo Lin Chiun-Ho Hou Pei-Ru Li Lai-Chu See Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot Study Medicina vision-related quality of life refractive error keratoconus senile cataract age-related macular degeneration |
| title | Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | Chinese Version of the Vision-Related Quality of Life (NEI-VFQ-25) among Patients with Various Ocular Disorders: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | chinese version of the vision related quality of life nei vfq 25 among patients with various ocular disorders a pilot study |
| topic | vision-related quality of life refractive error keratoconus senile cataract age-related macular degeneration |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/5/602 |
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