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Visual function assessment questionnaires.

R W Massof1, G S Rubin

  • 1Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Survey of Ophthalmology
|June 27, 2001
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Visual function questionnaires are crucial for assessing patient outcomes in ophthalmology. However, their measurement properties require further development for accurate functional assessment.

Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Health Outcomes Research
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Growing emphasis on functional outcomes in ophthalmology.
  • Increased attention from payers and funding agencies on visual function questionnaires.
  • Development of over a dozen self-report visual function questionnaires since 1980.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review known visual function questionnaires.
  • To critically assess the validity and reliability of these instruments.
  • To discuss measurement issues in scoring ordinal patient ratings.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of existing visual function questionnaires.
  • Analysis of reported validity and reliability studies.
  • Discussion of item response theory (IRT) based calibration.

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Main Results:

  • Most questionnaires show high response consistency and correlate with visual impairment measures.
  • Limited studies report test-retest reliability.
  • Subscale definitions lack agreement across instruments.
  • Averaging ordinal ratings may not yield true interval measurements.

Conclusions:

  • Future research must prioritize the measurement properties of functional assessment instruments.
  • Calibration using statistical item response models is recommended for interval scale estimation.
  • Further development is needed to enhance the accuracy of visual function questionnaires.