Visual function and subjective quality of life compared in subjects with acquired macular disease

Charlotte A. Hazel; Keziah L. Petre; Richard A. Armstrong; Mark T. Benson; N. Andrew Frost

Visual function and subjective quality of life compared in subjects with acquired macular disease

Charlotte A. Hazel, Keziah L. Petre, Richard A. Armstrong, Mark T. Benson, N. Andrew Frost

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Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine the objective measures of visual function that are most relevant to subjective quality of vision and perceived reading ability in patients with acquired macular disease. METHODS: Twenty-eight patients with macular disease underwent a comprehensive assessment of visual function. The patients also completed a vision-related quality-of-life questionnaire that included a section of general questions about perceived visual performance and a section with specific questions on reading. RESULTS: Results of all tests of vision correlated highly with reported vision-related quality-of-life impairment. Low-contrast tests explained most of the variance in self-reported problems with reading. Text-reading speed correlated highly with overall concern about vision. CONCLUSIONS: Reading performance is strongly associated with vision-related quality of life. High-contrast distance acuity is not the only relevant measure of visual function in relation to the perceived visual performance of a patient with macular disease. The results suggest the importance of print contrast, even over print size, in reading performance in patients with acquired macular disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1309-1315
Number of pages	7
Journal	Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Volume	41
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - May 2000

Keywords

visual function
subjective
quality of vision
perceived reading ability
acquired
macular disease
METHODS
Twenty-eight patients with macular disease underwent a comprehensive assessment of visual function. The patients also completed a vision-related quality-of-life questionnaire that included a section of general questions about perceived visual performance and a section with specific questions on reading.
RESULTS
Results of all tests of vision correlated highly with reported vision-related quality-of-life impairment. Low-contrast tests explained most of the variance in self-reported problems with reading. Text-reading speed correlated highly with overall concern about vision.
CONCLUSIONS
Reading performance is strongly associated with vision-related quality of life. High-contrast distance acuity is not the only relevant measure of visual function in relation to the perceived visual performance of a patient with macular disease. The results suggest the importance of print contrast
even over print size
in reading performance in patients with acquired macular disease.

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