Purpose Glaucoma is an important disease, the impacts of which on vision have been
shown to have implications for patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The primary …

Obtaining a comprehensive evaluation of visual function for low vision patients often
requires long, in-person, visits to clinics and sometimes multiple visits are required. Here we …

Clinically objective measures such as visual acuity or visual field provide an assessment of
a patient's visual status. However such measures may not reflect the degree of visual …

Purpose To evaluate outcome measures of the Participation and Activity Inventory (PAI) in a
sample of adults with acquired visual impairment entering vision rehabilitation. Both Priority …

BACKGROUND: Many individuals with vision impairment experience significant loss of the
ability to perform daily living activities, which often results in a further decline and loss of …

Purpose. To investigate the psychometric properties of the Visual Function (VF) and Quality
of Life (QOL) questionnaires, using the Rasch measurement model. Methods. Four hundred …

Abstract The Functional Assessment of Vision Inventory (FAVI) has been used, qualitatively,
for treatment planning by a home-based geriatric low vision rehabilitation program (G …

Vision impairment can have a significant impact on the wellbeing and quality of life of an
individual. Vision rehabilitation has the potential to improve these areas; however, four in …

This article discusses the challenging process of developing a common data set for
independent living programs serving older adults who are visually impaired. The three-year …

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 …