ADREV provides valid estimates of how visual loss due to glaucoma affects the ability to perform activities of daily living. Performance-based testing and quality of life evaluations are both independently important measures of health, which are related, but by no means the same.
Methodology of this study should provide information about disability caused by visual loss, specifically glaucoma, how difficulties in performing activities relate to standard clinical tests, and how they correlate to quality of life from patient's point of view. Subsequent papers will delineate findings and discuss their application.
The ADREV is a valid instrument for the assessment of visual disability in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Furthermore, the data provided by this performance measure had stronger relationships with clinical indicators of visual impairment in comparison with self-report.
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