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 …

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 understand the source of between-person variance in baseline health utilities
estimated from EuroQol 5-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) responses of a representative …

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 Economic evaluations of interventions for ocular disease require utility scores that
accurately represent quality of life in the target population. This study aimed to describe the …

Purpose This study is to quantitatively estimate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL)
impact of major age-related eye diseases (AREDs) including cataract, glaucoma, age …

Background Co-morbidity is a common phenomenon in the elderly and is considered to be a
major threat to quality of life (QOL). Knowledge of co-existing conditions or patient …

Background Recently, a vision “bolt-on” EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D)
was developed and tentative utility values (ie, a “value set”) for this new descriptive system …

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 …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: This study aims at evaluating the relationship between visual
impairment and health-related quality of life (QoL) by identifying factors that affect the EQ-5D …