Quality of life in age-related macular degeneration: a review of the literature

J Mitchell, C Bradley - Health and quality of life outcomes, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Background The Age-related Macular Degeneration Alliance International
commissioned a review of the literature on quality of life (QoL) in macular degeneration (MD) …

The quality of life impact of peripheral versus central vision loss with a focus on glaucoma versus age-related macular degeneration

K Evans, SK Law, J Walt, P Buchholz… - Clinical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose It is well accepted that conditions that cause central vision loss (CVL) have a
negative impact on functional ability and quality of life (QoL), but the impact of diseases that …

The effect of socio-economic deprivation on severity of glaucoma at presentation

WS Ng, PK Agarwal, S Sidiki, L McKay… - British journal of …, 2010 - bjo.bmj.com
Objective: To evaluate the influence of socio-economic factors on severity of glaucoma at
presentation Methods: All newly diagnosed glaucoma patients at the University Hospitals …

Relationship between peripheral visual field loss and vision-related quality of life in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

T Sugawara, A Hagiwara, A Hiramatsu, K Ogata… - Eye, 2010 - nature.com
Purpose To determine the vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) with the National Eye
Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) in patients with retinitis pigmentosa …

Progressive improvement of impaired visual acuity during the first year after transsphenoidal surgery for non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma

OM Dekkers, RJW De Keizer, F Roelfsema… - Pituitary, 2007 - Springer
Objective Improvement of visual field defects continues even years after the initial surgical
treatment. Because this process of continuing improvement has not been documented for …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life in Nepalese patients with low vision and the impact of low vision services

R Gyawali, N Paudel, P Adhikari - Journal of Optometry, 2012 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the quality of life and the impact of low vision services in patients with
low vision. Methods This prospective study evaluated visual function and vision-related …

Psychosocial adjustment in age related macular degeneration

P Stanford, H Waterman, WB Russell… - British Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
This article describes longitudinally the psychosocial adjustment to visual impairment of
patients with age related macular degeneration (AMD). As part of a larger randomized …

The role of social deprivation in severe neovascular age-related macular degeneration

HE Sharma, PA Mathewson, M Lane, P Shah… - British Journal of …, 2014 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/aims Advances in therapy have improved outcomes for patients with
neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Prompt access to treatment is a …

Using the real-life vision test to assess the functional vision of age-related cataract patients

W Ni, X Li, M Ao, H Zhang, Z Hou, S Si, W Wang - Eye, 2012 - nature.com
Purpose (1) To describe and validate a newly developed, timed performance-based
measures of functional vision—the real-life vision test (RLVT).(2) To determine how RLVT …

The depletion of susceptibles effect in the assessment of burden-of-illness: the example of age-related macular degeneration in the community-dwelling elderly …

M Tournier, Y Moride, M Lesk, T Ducruet… - The Canadian journal …, 2008 - europepmc.org
Background With the aging of the population, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is
becoming a public health concern. Few studies have assessed its consequences on …