Assessment of Vision-Related Quality of Life in an Older Population Subsample: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Chia, E.; Mitchell, Paul; Ojaimi, Elvis; Rochtchina, Elena; Wang, Jie Jin

doi:10.1080/09286580600864794

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“…The Danish adapted version was tested and validated in 1998 (Bjorner et al 1998a,b,c). The self-administrated SF-36 has been used in various ophthalmological studies (Cruickshanks et al 1999;Chia et al 2003Chia et al , 2004Chia et al , 2006bVarma et al 2006;Elliott et al 2009;Gall et al 2009) and has been found useful for collecting data from older patients as well as visually impaired patients (Chia et al 2006a).…”

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Quality of life of eye amputated patients

Rasmussen

Ekholm

Prause

et al. 2011

Acta Ophthalmologica

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ABSTRACT.Purpose: To evaluate eye-amputated patients' health-related quality of life, perceived stress, self-rated health, job separation because of illness or disability and socioeconomic position. Methods: Patients were recruited from a tertiary referral centre situated in Copenhagen. Inclusion criteria were eye amputation, i.e. evisceration, enucleation, orbital exenteration or secondary implantation of an orbital implant during the period 1996-2003, and participation in a previous investigation (2005). In total, 159 eye-amputated patients were included, and completed a selfadministered questionnaire containing health-related quality of life (SF-36), the perceived stress scale and answered questions about self-rated health, job changes because of illness or disability and socioeconomic status. These results were compared with findings from the Danish Health Interview Survey 2005. Results: The eye-amputated patients had significantly (p < 0.05) lower scores (poorer health) on all SF-36 subscales and more perceived stress compared to the general population. In all, 43.3% of the patients rated their health as excellent or very good compared to 52.1% of the general population. In total, 25% of the study population has retired or changed to a part-time job because of eye disease. The percentage of eye amputated patients, who were divorced or separated, was twice as high as in the general population. Conclusion: The impact of an eye amputation is considerable. The quality of life, perceived stress and self-rated health of many eye-amputated patients are drastically changed. Eye amputation has a marked negative influence on job separation because of illness or disability and on socioeconomic position.

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Quality of life of eye amputated patients

Rasmussen

Ekholm

Prause

et al. 2011

Acta Ophthalmologica

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“…Although the impact of visual impairment on visual functioning, health, and well-being has been the subject of several studies, none has analyzed the impact of low vision on employment factors, even though previous studies have clearly shown that visual impairment negatively affects visual functioning and health-related quality of life (QOL) [1,2,3,4]. Most particularly, poorer self- reported visual functioning results in difficulties with driving, executing both distant and near tasks, and managing money [3,5,6,7].…”

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Impact of Low Vision on Employment

Mojon-Azzi¹,

Sousa‐Poza²,

Mojon³

2010

Ophthalmologica

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Background: We investigated the influence of self-reported corrected eyesight on several variables describing the perception by employees and self-employed persons of their employment. Methods: Our study was based on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). SHARE is a multidisciplinary, cross-national database of microdata on health, socioeconomic status, social and family networks, collected on 31,115 individuals in 11 European countries and in Israel. With the help of ordered logistic regressions and binary logistic regressions, we analyzed the influence of perceived visual impairment – corrected by 19 covariates capturing socioeconomic and health- related factors – on 10 variables describing the respondents’ employment situation. Results: Based on data covering 10,340 working individuals, the results of the logistic and ordered regressions indicate that respondents with lower levels of self-reported general eyesight were significantly less satisfied with their jobs, felt they had less freedom to decide, less opportunity to develop new skills, less support in difficult situations, less recognition for their work, and an inadequate salary. Respondents with a lower eyesight level more frequently reported that they feared their health might limit their ability to work before regular retirement age and more often indicated that they were seeking early retirement. Conclusions: Analysis of this dataset from 12 countries demonstrates the strong impact of self-reported visual impairment on individual employment, and therefore on job satisfaction, productivity, and well-being.

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“…The NEI-VFQ 25 has been used in patients with a variety of eye diseases including diabetic retinopathy, cataract, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and low vision. The instrument provides reproducible and valid data when used across multiple conditions of varying severity [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. While it provides a summary score, it does not yield preferencebased health utility scores.…”

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confidence: 99%