ArticleJapanese journal of ophthalmology2016
The association between legal Japanese visual impairment grades and vision-related quality of life.
Article in Japanese journal of ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Health utility values associated with vision impairment among the elderly in Hong Kong: a community-based study using EQ-5D-5 L and time trade-off.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Quality of Life and Economic Impacts of Retinitis Pigmentosa on Japanese Patients: A Non-interventional Cross-sectional Study.Advances in therapy · 2023Article
- Health-related quality of life among adult patients with visual impairments in Yazd, Iran.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
- Strengths use as a secret of happiness: Another dimension of visually impaired individuals' psychological state.PloS one · 2018Article
- Assessment of quality of life in patients with visual impairments using a new visual function questionnaire: the VFQ-J11.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study examines the relationship between quality of life (QOL) and the legal Japanese grade of visual impairment as defined by the Physically Disabled Persons Welfare Act.
methodsParticipants of this cross-sectional study were 98 Japanese patients legally classified as visually impaired, from six ophthalmology departments. Vision-related QOL was evaluated using the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25). The short Japanese version of this questionnaire (VFQ-J11) score was calculated from the VFQ-25 results for each participant. Health utility was measured using the EuroQoL Index (EQ-5D). Data were collected for age, gender, vision-disability level, the corrected visual acuity of each eye, and disease type.
resultsThe mean age was 66.8 years (SD = 17.8). Visual impairment grade was significantly associated with VFQ-J11 score and the composite score developed from the VFQ-25 (p < 0.001), but not with the health utility score obtained from the EQ-5D.
conclusionsIn general, the Japanese legally designated grading system for visual impairment reflects the degree of vision-related QOL, but does not reflect general health utility as determined by the EQ-5D.
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