The utility of visual function questionnaire in the assessment of the impact of diabetic retinopathy on vision-related quality of life
- 27 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Eye
- Vol. 24 (1), 29-35
- https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2009.56
Abstract
To determine whether the Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (VFQ) is a more accurate instrument for assessing vision related quality of life (VRQOL) than visual acuity (VA) in patients with diabetic retinopathy. To compare VRQOL between patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). We administered the VFQ and Vision Preference Value Scale (VPVS) to 104 patients. With VPVS as the gold standard in our study, we used Pearson's correlation and multiple linear regression analysis to assess whether VFQ is a more accurate measure of VRQOL than VA. Spearman correlation coefficients were used to assess which VFQ subscales correlated strongly with VPVS. Patients with NPDR and PDR were compared using VFQ. The Pearson's correlation coefficient between VPVS and VFQ was 0.49 (PPvsNPDR suffered a 25–30 point loss (100-point scale). VFQ is a superior measure of VRQOL for patients with diabetic retinopathy because it better captures mental and emotional aspects of the disease as well as visual function. Subjects with PDR vsNPDR suffer significant loss of VRQOL.Keywords
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