Importance Visual impairment (VI) is an emerging public health concern, especially
considering the aging population. However, unlike other major chronic diseases, VI is often …

Importance Visual impairment (VI) causes a considerable public health burden and
substantial deterioration in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, the relative effect …

Objective To assess the impact of visual impairment (VI) on health-related quality of life and
to compare the health burden of VI and other health conditions in Singapore. Design …

Importance Understanding how individuals value health states is central to patient-centered
care and to health policy decision making. Generic preference-based measures of health …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship of visual acuity loss to quality of life. DESIGN:
Three hundred twenty-five patients with visual loss to a minimum of 20/40 or greater in at …

Objective To examine the associations between reported visual impairment (VI) and
mortality in a nationally representative sample of US adults. Methods The National Health …

Purpose To assess the impact of VA loss on patient reported utilities taking both eyes into
account compared to taking only the better or the worse eye into account. Methods In this …

Purpose We investigated whether the Chinese impact of vision impairment (IVI)
questionnaire is valid to generate reliable person estimates in a population-based sample …

purpose. To estimate health status utility values in patients with age-related macular
degeneration (ARMD) associated with visual impairments, by using preference-based …

Objectives To explore the economic burden, prevalence of catastrophic healthcare
expenditure (CHE) and the quality of life (QoL) of Chinese patients with visual impairment …