ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2012
Rasch analysis in the development of a simplified version of the National Eye Institute Visual-Function Questionnaire-25 for utility estimation.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments Relevant to Glaucoma.Journal of glaucoma · 2026Pooled it
- Health state utilities in patients with diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular oedema and age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review.BMC ophthalmology · 2013Pooled it
- African American patient-provider communication about glaucoma vision quality-of-life.Eye (London, England) · 2024Trial
- Intravitreal ranibizumab versus aflibercept versus bevacizumab for macular oedema due to central retinal vein occlusion: the LEAVO non-inferiority three-arm RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
- Mapping From Visual Acuity to EQ-5D, EQ-5D With Vision Bolt-On, and VFQ-UI in Patients With Macular Edema in the LEAVO Trial.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2020Trial
- Psychometric validation of the Visual Function Questionnaire-25 in patients with diabetic macular edema.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2013Trial
- Cost-Utility Analysis of Immediate Sequential and Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery in a Middle-Income Country.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- DERIVATION OF A SHORT FORM OF THE NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE-25 IN SUBJECTS WITH NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- A scoping review to create a framework for the steps in developing condition-specific preference-based instruments de novo or from an existing non-preference-based instrument: use of item response theory or Rasch analysis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- Utility index and vision-related quality of life in patients awaiting specialist eye care.PloS one · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties and comparison of four health utility approaches among myopia patients in China.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2023Article
- An item response theory analysis of an item pool for the recovering quality of life (ReQoL) measure.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Utility Index and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Glaucomatous Patients Comparing with Normal Participants.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- A very short version of the Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-3oo7) for use as a routinely applied Patient-Reported Outcome Measure.Acta ophthalmologica · 2020Article
- Patient-reported outcome measures in presbyopia: a literature review.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2020Review
- Cataract surgery patient-reported outcome measures: a head-to-head comparison of the psychometric performance and patient acceptability of the Cat-PROM5 and Catquest-9SF self-report questionnaires.Eye (London, England) · 2018Article
- Objective Assessment of Activity Limitation in Glaucoma with Smartphone Virtual Reality Goggles: A Pilot Study.Translational vision science & technology · 2018Article
- The Role of Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measures in Health Technology Assessment.PharmacoEconomics · 2017Review
- Development of a new Rasch-based scoring algorithm for the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire to improve its interpretability.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2017Article
- Pattern of gray matter volumes related to retinal thickness and its association with cognitive function in relapsing-remitting MS.Brain and behavior · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposePreference-based health measures value how people feel about the desirability of a health state. Generic measures may not effectively capture the impact of vision loss from ocular diseases. Disease-targeted measures could address this limitation. This study developed a vision-targeted health state classification system based on the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25).
methodsSecondary analysis of NEI VFQ-25 data from studies of patients with central (n = 932)- and peripheral-vision loss (n = 2,451) were used to develop a health state classification system. Classical test theory and Rasch analyses were used to identify a smaller set of NEI VFQ-25 items suitable for the central- and peripheral-vision-loss groups.
resultsRasch analysis of the NEI VFQ-25 items using the peripheral vision-loss data indicated that 11 items fit a unidimensional model, while 14 NEI VFQ-25 items fit using the central-vision-loss data. Combining peripheral-vision-loss data and central-vision-loss data resulted in 9 items fitting a unidimensional model. Six items covering near vision, distance vision, social vision, role difficulties, vision dependency, and vision-related mental health were selected for the health-state classification.
conclusionsThe derived health-state classification system covers relevant domains of vision-related functioning and well-being.
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