Performance of the Veterans Affairs Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 261-275

  Szlyk, Janet P ^a,b,c   Stelmack, Joan ^d   Massof, Robert W ^e   Stelmack, Thomas R ^a,f   Demers Turco, Paulette ^g   Williams, R Tracy ^h,i   Wright, Benjamin D ^j  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Veteran Affairs   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Mental Health Service Line   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Lois and Edwin Deicke Center for Vision Rehabilitation   (United States)

ⁱ LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 2442491007     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0409800502     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Becker, S. W., Lambert, R. W., Schulz, E. M., Wright, B. D., & Burnet, D. L. (1985). An instrument to measure the activity level of the blind. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 8, 415-424.
2. Capuano, M. E. (2000, June 29). In support of passage of Medicare coverage of vision rehabilitation services (H.R. 2870). Congressional Record, 146, E1144-1145.
3. Haymes, S. A., Johnston, A. W., & Heyes, A. D. (2000). The relationship between clinical measures of vision impairment and performance of activities of daily living. In C. Stuen, A. Arditi, A. Horowitz, M. A. Lang, B. Rosenthal, & K. Seidman (Eds.), Vision rehabilitation, assessment, intervention, and outcomes (pp. 148-151). Exton, PA: Swets & Zeitlinger.
4. Mangione, C. M., Phillips, R. S., Seddon, J. M., Lawrence, M. G., Cook, E. F., Dailey, R., et al. (1992). Development of the Activities of Daily Vision Scale: A measure of visual functional status. Medical Care, 30, 1111-1126.
5. Massof, R. W. (1998). A systems model for low vision rehabilitation: II. Measurement of vision disabilities. Optometry and Vision Science, 75, 349-373.
6. Massof, R. W. (2002). A model of the prevalence and incidence of low vision and blindness among adults in the U.S. Optometry and Vision Science, 79, 31-38.
7. Massof, R. W., & Rubin, G. S. (2001). Visual function assessment questionnaires. Survey of Ophthalmology, 45, 531-548.
8. National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire-25 (VFQ-25). (1996). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.
9. Ross, C. K., Stelmack, J. A., Stelmack, T. R., & Fraim, M. (1991). Preliminary examination of the reliability and relation to clinical state of a measure of low vision patient functional status. Optometry and Vision Science, 68, 918-923.
10. Schulz, E. M., Lambert, R. W., & Becker, S. W. (1985). An assessment of the needs of rehabilitated veterans. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 79, 301-305.
11. Stelmack, J. (2001). Quality of life of low-vision patients and outcomes of low-vision rehabilitation. Optometry and Vision Science, 78, 335-342.
12. Stelmack, J., Szlyk, J., Joslin, C., Swetland, B., & Myers, L. (2000). Pilot study: Use of the NEI VFQ-25 to measure outcomes of low vision rehabilitation services in the Department of Veterans Affairs. In C. Stuen, A. Arditi, A. Horowitz, M. A. Lang, B. Rosenthal, & K. Seidman (Eds.), Vision rehabilitation, assessment, intervention, and outcomes (pp. 774-776). Exton, PA: Swets & Zeitlinger.
13. Szlyk, J. P., Fishman, G. A., Alexander, K. R., Revelins, B. I., Derlacki, D. J., & Anderson, R. J. (1997). Relationship between difficulty in performing daily activities and clinical measures of visual function in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Archives of Ophthalmology, 115, 53-59.
14. Szlyk, J. P., Fishman, G. A., Grover, S., Revelins, B. I., Derlacki, D. J. (1998). Difficulty in performing everyday activities in patients with juvenile macular dystrophies with a comparison to patients with retinitis pigmentosa. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 82, 1372-1376.
15. Szlyk, J. P., Seiple, W., Fishman, G. A., Alexander, K. R., Grover, S., &, Mahler, C. (2001). Perceived and actual performance of daily tasks: Relationship to visual function tests in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Ophthalmology, 108, 65-75.
16. Turano, K. A., Geruschat, D. R., Stahl, J. W., &. Massof, R. W. (1999). Perceived visual ability for independent mobility in persons with retinitis pigmentosa. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, 40, 865-877.
17. Wright, B. D., &., Masters, G. N. (1982). Rating scale analysis: Rasch measurement. Chicago: MESA Press, University of Chicago.