Effects of aspirin and omega-3 fatty acids on composite and subdomain scores from the NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaire: the ASCEND-Eye randomized controlled trial by Sammons, EL, Buck, G, Bowman, LJ, Stevens, WM, Hammami, I, Parish, S, Armitage, J

“…We report the effects of these randomized treatment allocations on scores derived from the National Eye Institute’s Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI-VFQ-25) in a subset of participants involved in the ASCEND-Eye sub-study. …”

Vision-Related Quality of Life After Vitrectomy: Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan by Abu-Ameerh M, Alni'mat A, AlShawabkeh M, AlRyalat SA

“…Mohammed Abu-Ameerh, Ayat Alni’mat, Mo’ath AlShawabkeh, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat Ophthalmology Department, Jordan University Hospital, University of Jordan, Amman, JordanCorrespondence: Mo’ath AlShawabkehOphthalmology Department, Jordan University Hospital, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, JordanEmail moathalshawabkeh12@gmail.comBackground: In the era of patient-centered medical care, using objective clinical measures to assess patient-centered outcomes in all aspects became a necessity, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is a major ophthalmic surgical procedure used for the treatment of vitreoretinal disorders aiming to improve their vision-related quality of life.Purpose: To study the impact of PPV on visual quality of life by assessing its effect on common daily activities, to assess its association with various factors, and to explore the relations between these factors and postoperative visual function.Methods: Vision-related quality of life for 87 patients who underwent PPV was assessed using the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) by phone call interviews. …”
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Health-related quality of life and binocular vision in patients with diplopia in acute-onset comitant esotropia with press-on prism improves by Qian Wang, Feng-Wei Song, undefined

“…Vision-related quality of life before press-on prism correction and 1mo after press-on prism correction were performed with the Chinese version of the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire(CHI-NEI-VFQ-25). …”
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Trifocal intraocular lenses: a comparison of the visual performance and quality of vision provided by two different lens designs by Gundersen KG, Potvin R

“…Quality of vision was measured with the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire near subset and the Quality of Vision questionnaire.Results: Thirty subjects in each group were successfully recruited. …”
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Patient-reported outcomes of ocriplasmin for the treatment of vitreomacular traction: a systematic review and synthesis of the literature by Lescrauwaet B, Blot K, Jackson TL

“…The most commonly reported PROs were the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25), a broad measure of vision-related quality of life, and Visual Function Response (VFR), an outcome combining quality of life and visual acuity outcomes. …”
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Quedas e qualidade de vida de idosos com catarata by Carolline Menezes, Karla Helena Coelho Vilaça, Ruth Losada de Menezes

“…Avaliou-se por meio do instrumento National Eye Institute - Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ 25) a saúde geral dos indivíduos da amostra, assim como a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde visual. …”
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A comparison of the NEIVFQ25 and GQL-15 questionnaires in Nigerian glaucoma patients by Mbadugha CA, Onakoya AO, Aribaba OT, Akinsola FB

“…Chigozie A Mbadugha, Adeola O Onakoya, Olufisayo T Aribaba, Folashade B AkinsolaGuinness Eye Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos State, NigeriaAim: To compare two vision-specific quality of life (QOL) instruments – the disease-specific 15-item Glaucoma Quality of Life questionnaire (GQL-15) and the nonglaucoma-specific 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEIVFQ25).Methods: The QOL of 132 glaucoma patients being managed in Lagos University Teaching Hospital and an equal number of controls matched for age and sex was assessed using two vision-specific instruments: GQL-15 and the NEIVFQ25. …”
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Visual functions and disability in Iranian adults: a population-based study by Hassan Hashemi, Fatemeh Mehravar, Soheila Asgari, Mohammad Hassan Emamian, Akbar Fotouhi

“…The scores of visual function and disability were calculated based on Rasch-transformed scores of the National Eye Institute visual functioning questionnaire, where a more negative score indicates a better situation. …”
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U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research Productivity by John C. Lin, Allison J. Chen, Ingrid U. Scott, Paul B. Greenberg

“…The Clinicaltrials.gov, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER), and NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) were systematically searched for total clinical trials, NIH funding, and the National Eye Institute (NEI) funding for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. …”
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Quality of life of glaucoma patients under medical therapy with different prostaglandins by Paletta Guedes RA, Paletta Guedes VM, Freitas SM, Chaoubah A

“…We assessed the patients' quality of life through the Brazilian 25-question version of the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire, comprising 12 subscales (general health, general vision, ocular pain, near vision, distance vision, social function, mental health, role limitations, dependency, driving, color vision, and peripheral vision) and a total composite score. …”
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Quality of life in glaucoma patients: Comparison of medical therapy, trabeculectomy, and glaucoma drainage device surgery by Shruti Muralidharan, Suresh Kumar, Parul Ichhpujani, Hennaav Kaur Dhillon

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 30 patients of moderate to severe glaucoma, each in medical, trabeculectomy, and GDD groups. National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEIVFQ-25), Glaucoma Quality of Life (GQL-15), and Surgery Specific Questionnaire (SSQ) were administered, and cumulative scores were compared. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health among Patients with Chronic Ocular Conditions by Soumaya Bouhout, Mélanie Hébert, Weronika Jakubowska, Laurence Jaworski, Ellen E. Freeman, Marie-Josée Aubin

“…Mental health was assessed using three questionnaires: the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (VFQ-25). …”
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A genotype-phenotype correlation matrix for ABCA4 disease based on long-term prognostic outcomes by Winston Lee, Jana Zernant, Pei-Yin Su, Takayuki Nagasaki, Stephen H. Tsang, Rando Allikmets

“…(Gly1961Glu), and both rare and frequent hypomorphic alleles, were “clinically dominant” with respect to patient phenotypes irrespective of the allele in trans.Conclusion These results provide much-needed structure to the complex genetic and clinical landscape of ABCA4 disease and add a tool to the clinical repertoire to quantitatively assess individual genotype-specific prognoses in patients.FUNDING National Eye Institute, NIH, grants R01 EY028203, R01 EY028954, R01 EY029315, P30 19007 (Core Grant for Vision Research); the Foundation Fighting Blindness USA, grant no. …”
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Tyrosinase Nanoparticles: Understanding the Melanogenesis Pathway by Isolating the Products of Tyrosinase Enzymatic Reaction by Paul K. Varghese, Mones Abu-Asab, Emilios K. Dimitriadis, Monika B. Dolinska, George P. Morcos, Yuri V. Sergeev

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Rehabilitation Methods for Patients with Geographic Atrophy due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Effects of Rehabilitation on Quality of Life by Damla Erginturk Acar, Figen Batioglu, Aysun Idil, Esra Sahli, Dincer Goksuluk

“…Fifty-seven patients who preferred to use a low vision aid device in daily life were considered as a rehabilitation group, whereas 21 patients who did not use any device were considered as a control group. The National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25) was applied to all patients at the initial examination and at least 6 months after the initial examination. …”
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Quantitative analyses of factors related to anxiety and depression in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. by Mayumi Sainohira, Takehiro Yamashita, Hiroto Terasaki, Shozo Sonoda, Kazunori Miyata, Yusuke Murakami, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Takeshi Morimoto, Takao Endo, Takashi Fujikado, Junko Kamo, Taiji Sakamoto

“…The vision-specific quality of life (VSQOL) was assessed with the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ25). …”
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Characterization of Temperature-Dependent Kinetics of Oculocutaneous Albinism-Causing Mutants of Tyrosinase by Samuel A. Wachamo, Milan H. Patel, Paul K. Varghese, Monika B. Dolinska, Yuri V. Sergeev

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The effectiveness of laser vitreolysis for vitreous floaters in posterior vitreous detachment by Wan Ni Goh, Mushawiahti Mustapha, Syed Z S Zakaria, Mae-Lynn C Bastion

“…We examined the CSF using the computer programs Freiburg Acuity and Contrast Test (FrACT) and VRQoL survey using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) before, and 1 month after, vitreolysis. …”
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Phaco-goniosynechialysis versus phaco-trabeculectomy in patients with refractory primary angle-closure glaucoma: a comparative study by Jiahui Zhao, Chenguang Zhang, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Guangzheng Dai, Yunyan Li, Yimeng Chen, Mingze Li, Huixin Che

“…Intraocular pressure (IOP), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), number of glaucoma drugs, and PAS were recorded at the preoperative baseline and evaluated at each postoperative follow-up visit. The National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) was administered to patients enrolled in this study. …”
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Ophthalmological Approach for the Diagnosis of Dry Eye Disease in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome by Robinson T. Barrientos, Fernando Godín, Carlos Rocha-De-Lossada, Matias Soifer, José-María Sánchez-González, Esteban Moreno-Toral, Ana-Luisa González, Mike Zein, Pablo Larco, Carolina Mercado, Maria-Adelaida Piedrahita

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