Purpose Generic instruments to assess health utilities can be used to express the burden of
health problems in widely used indexes. That is in contrast with what can be obtained with …

Purpose: To develop a mapping algorithm for the estimation of EQ-5D-based utility scores
from observed 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) …

Abstract Background The EQ-5D index often fails to detect the effect of ophthalmic diseases
and sight loss. Investigating predictors of individual EQ-5D health dimensions might reveal …

With increased emphasis on functional outcomes in ophthalmology, third-party health care
payers and research funding agencies have turned their attention to the development and …

Purpose To compare three health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments in detecting the
effect of distance visual acuity (VA) on generic HRQoL in an adult population. Methods We …

purpose. To identify the content for a vision and quality of life–related utility measure (Vision
Quality of Life Index [VisQoL]) for the economic evaluation of eye care and rehabilitation …

Purpose. The Activity Inventory (AI) is an adaptive visual function questionnaire that consists
of 459 Tasks nested under 50 Goals that in turn are nested under three Objectives. Visually …

Objective This review examines generic preference-based measures and their ability to
reflect health-related quality of life in patients with visual disorders. Methods A systematic …

Purpose: Subjective evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health status is
recognized as an important tool in the assessment and treatment of visually impaired …

Purpose This study is an evaluation of the responsiveness of preference-based outcome
measures to the effects of low vision rehabilitation (LVR). It assesses LVR-related changes …