… contributor to the total costs of vision impairment [8]. Some … In our translated version of the
Massof activity inventory patients … recognize that visual acuity gives a partial measure of visual …

… for vision loss followed by smoking [2]. Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause
of blindness… to measure disability in basic activities of daily living (BADL) and instrumental …

… Inventory). Productivity losses included absenteeism and … Severity of vision loss, measured
with visual acuity as a … ability was not statistically significant, we found that EQ-5D utility score …

… between visual acuity and the EQ-5D index (R 2 = 0.123) … the EQ-5D and other generic
health status measures such as … -specific measures such as the Brief Pain Inventory for Diabetic …

… scale) results, usually either EQ-5D index value or Visual Analogue Scale (EQ VAS) …
impairment related to MD and its restrictions, we used EuroQol general health measure, the EQ-5D…

… visually impaired population [18] ; and the Activity Inventory (Al) … health, the results were
also compared to the EQ-5D health … of vision loss, they were all excluded by Rasch analysis. …

… outcome measure consists of 48 items that reflect activities … Self-reported causes of vision
loss included age-related macular … The health status score (EQ-5D) was essentially unchanged …

… T2DM, investigators found EQ-5D index scores and visual analog scores were significantly
lower … treatment and its health outcomes[11–13]. The EQ-5D is one HRQOL measure that has …

… on mental health, we included Beck Depression Inventory (… scheme calculated by the
Finnish Institute for Health and … with VA in both EQ-5D and 15D, as well as vision in 15D. Self-…

… , there is growing interest in the psychosocial aspects of vision loss … (EQ-5D) was administered
to assess the general health … outcome measures were predicted by general health status (…