Purpose:: Quality of life is a dynamic construct that is defined conceptually as" the degree to
which an individual enjoys the important possibilities of their life." Vision rehabilitation …

PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that vision rehabilitation using optometry, occupational
therapy and social work services increases patients' functional ability and to assess whether …

OBJECTIVE. Our objective was to validate the construct of the Revised Self-Report
Assessment of Functional Visual Performance (R–SRAFVP) for older adults with low vision …

Objective To present a method of estimating and equating scales across functional
assessment instruments that appropriately represents changes in a patient's functional …

The use of preference-based measures of quality of life represents the application of
principles of decision theory and welfare economics to the measurement of health-related …

Purpose. This qualitative study investigates possible differences in identified rehabilitation
needs indicated by the usual intake procedures at a Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Center …

The basic concepts and structure of a hierarchical systems model for low vision
rehabilitation is developed and presented. The model is built on the assumption that the …

Purpose: To compare occupational therapist (OT) Functional Independence Measure (FIM)
ratings of functional abilities to low vision patient self-reports using the Activity Inventory (AI) …

Objective: To examine the importance of different life goals among working-age adults with
vision impairment, the extent to which vision impairment interfered with goals, and how …

We used data from two pilot studies to compare the change in patients' self-reported health-
related quality of life after participation in two nearly identical Department of Veterans Affairs …