Background: Health states/outcomes evaluation is an integral part of medical economics.
Generic utility instruments compare quality of life (QoL) effects of healthcare interventions …

Many individuals with impaired vision experience a decreased quality of life. Quality of life is
defined as" the degree to which an individual enjoys the important possibilities of their life." …

Purpose.: A multi-attribute utility instrument (MAUI) consists of a descriptive system in which
the items and responses seek information about a concept of the universe of health-related …

Massof RW, Hsu CT, Baker FH, Barnett GD, Park WL, Deremeik JT, Rainey C, Epstein C.
Visual disability variables. I: The importance and difficulty of activity goals for a sample of low …

Objective To identify the content area for a questionnaire designed to measure vision-
targeted health-related quality of life and to determine whether problems with vision-related …

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 …

To develop a method for the evaluation of visual function in subjects with cataracts, the
authors identified 20 visual activities and categorized them into five subscales (distance …

Low-vision rehabilitation (LVR) aims to improve the functioning of patients with chronic
uncorrectable visual impairment. LVR is inherently a patient-centered intervention since its …

Purpose:: To evaluate a new timed instrumental activities of daily living (TIADL) measure in
AMD patients after low vision rehabilitation as an assessment of real world function …

purpose. The Activities of Daily Vision Scale (ADVS) has been extensively validated by
traditional methodology. In the current study, Rasch analysis was used to explore further the …