The impact of cataract, cataract types, and cataract grades on vision-specific functioning using rasch analysis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38.e2

  Chew, Merwyn ^a   Chiang, Peggy Pei Chia ^a   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Lavanya, Raghavan ^a   Wu, Renyi ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASCH ANALYSIS; REFRACTION ERROR; SINGAPORE; VISION;

EID: 84862753528     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Resnikoff S, Pascolini D, Etya'ale D, et al. Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002. Bull World Health Organ 2004;82(11):844-851. (Pubitemid 39573742)
2. Nanayakkara SD. Vision-related quality of life among elders with cataract in Sri Lanka: findings from a study in Gampaha District. Asia Pac J Public Health 2009;21(3):303-311.
3. Lamoureux EL, Fenwick E, Pesudovs K, Tan D. The impact of cataract surgery on quality of life. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2011;22(1):19-27.
4. Polack S, Kuper H, Wadud Z, Fletcher A, Foster A. Quality of life and visual impairment from cataract in Satkhira district, Bangladesh. Br J Ophthalmol 2008;92(8):1026-1030.
5. Polack S, Eusebio C, Fletcher A, Foster A, Kuper H. Visual impairment from cataract and health related quality of life: results from a case-control study in the Philippines. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2010;17(3):152-159.
6. Broman AT, Munoz B, Rodriguez J, et al. The impact of visual impairment and eye disease on vision-related quality of life in a Mexican-American population: Proyecto VER. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002;43(11):3393-3398. (Pubitemid 35334345)
7. Rovner BW, Ganguli M. Depression and disability associated with impaired vision: the MoVies Project. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998;46(5):617-619. (Pubitemid 28237122)
8. McCarty CA, Nanjan MB, Taylor HR. Vision impairment predicts 5 year mortality. Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85(3):322-326. (Pubitemid 32250763)
9. Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Cumming RG, Smith W. Visual impairment and nursing home placement in older Australians: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2003;10(1):3-13. (Pubitemid 36315379)
10. Lamoureux EL, Hassell JB, Keeffe JE. The determinants of participation in activities of daily living in people with impaired vision. Am J Ophthalmol 2004;137(2):265-270. (Pubitemid 38220998)
11. Klein BE, Klein R, Lee KE, Cruickshanks KJ. Performance-based and self-assessed measures of visual function as related to history of falls, hip fractures, and measured gait time. The Beaver Dam Eye Study. Ophthalmology 1998;105(1):160-164. (Pubitemid 28070616)
12. Klein BE, Moss SE, Klein R, Lee KE, Cruickshanks KJ. Associations of visual function with physical outcomes and limitations 5 years later in an older population: the Beaver Dam Eye Study. Ophthalmology 2003;110(4):644-650. (Pubitemid 36520057)
13. Lamoureux EL, Chong E, Wang JJ, et al. Visual impairment, causes of vision loss, and falls: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49(2):528-533.
14. du Toit R, Palagyi A, Ramke J, Brian G, Lamoureux EL. The impact of reduced distance and near vision on the quality of life of adults in Timor-Leste. Ophthalmology 2010;117(12):2308-2314.
15. Chia EM, Wang JJ, Rochtchina E, Smith W, Cumming RR, Mitchell P. Impact of bilateral visual impairment on health-related quality of life: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45(1):71-76. (Pubitemid 38055670)
16. Rastogi T, Devesa S, Mangtani P, et al. Cancer incidence rates among South Asians in four geographic regions: India, Singapore, UK and US. Int J Epidemiol 2008;37(1):147-160. (Pubitemid 351228623)
17. Wong TY, Chong EW, Wong WL, et al. Prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in an urban Malay population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126(8):1091-1099.
18. Zheng Y, Lavanya R, Wu R, et al. Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in an urban Indian population: the Singapore Indian Eye Study. Ophthalmology 2011;118(9):1798-1804.
19. Lamoureux EL, Tai ES, Thumboo J, et al. Impact of diabetic retinopathy on vision-specific function. Ophthalmology 2010;117(4):757-765.
20. Lamoureux EL, Mitchell P, Rees G, et al. Impact of early and late age-related macular degeneration on vision-specific functioning. Br J Ophthalmol 2011;95(5):666-670.
21. Lamoureux E, Pesudovs K. Vision-specific quality-of-life research: a need to improve the quality. Am J Ophthalmol 2011;151(2):195-197.
22. Lamoureux EL, Pesudovs K, Thumboo J, Saw SM, Wong TY. An evaluation of the reliability and validity of the visual functioning questionnaire (VF-11) using Rasch analysis in an Asian population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50(6):2607-2613.
23. de Boer MR, Moll AC, de Vet HC, Terwee CB, Volker- Dieben HJ, van Rens GH. Psychometric properties of vision-related quality of life questionnaires: a systematic review. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2004;24(4):257-273.
24. Finger RP, Kupitz DG, Holz FG, et al. The impact of the severity of vision loss on vision-related quality of life in India: an evaluation of the IND-VFQ-33. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011;52(9):6081- 6088.
25. Pesudovs K, Wright TA, Gothwal VK. Visual disability assessment: valid measurement of activity limitation and mobility in cataract patients. Br J Ophthalmol 2010;94(6):777-781.
26. Lavanya R, Jeganathan VS, Zheng Y, et al. Methodology of the Singapore Indian Chinese Cohort (SICC) eye study: quantifying ethnic variations in the epidemiology of eye diseases in Asians. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2009;16(6):325-336.
27. Pan CW, Wong TY, Lavanya R, et al. Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors in Indians: the Singapore Indian Eye Study (SINDI). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011;52(6):3166-3173.
28. Steinberg EP, Tielsch JM, Schein OD, et al. The VF-14. An index of functional impairment in patients with cataract. Arch Ophthalmol 1994;112(5):630-638. (Pubitemid 24155436)
29. Chiang PP, Fenwick E, Marella M, Finger R, Lamoureux E. Validation and reliability of the VF-14 questionnaire in a German population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011;52(12):8919-8926.
30. Andrich D. A rating scale formulation for ordered response categories. Psychometrika 1978;43:561-573.
31. Linacre JM. WINSTEPS Rasch measurement computer program. Chicago: Winsteps.com, 2008.
32. Lamoureux EL, Pesudovs K, Pallant JF, et al. An evaluation of the 10-item vision core measure 1 (VCM1) scale (the Core Module of the Vision-Related Quality of Life scale) using Rasch analysis. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2008;15(4):224-233.
33. Lamoureux EL, Chong EW, Thumboo J, et al. Vision impairment, ocular conditions, and vision-specific function: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Ophthalmology 2008;115(11):1973-1981.
34. Bond TG, Fox CM. Applying the Rasch model: fundamental measurement in the human sciences. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001;1-255.
35. Lamoureux EL, Fenwick E, Moore K, Klaic M, Borschmann K, Hill K. Impact of the severity of distance and near-vision impairment on depression and vision-specific quality of life in older people living in residential care. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50(9):4103-4109.
36. Mallinson T. Why measurement matters for measuring patient vision outcomes. Optom Vis Sci 2007;84(8):675-682. (Pubitemid 47262977)
37. Mallinson T, Stelmack J, Velozo C. A comparison of the separation ratio and coefficient alpha in the creation of minimum item sets. Med Care 2004;42(1 Suppl):117-124.
38. Pesudovs K, Burr JM, Harley C, Elliott DB. The development, assessment, and selection of questionnaires. Optom Vis Sci 2007;84(8):663-674. (Pubitemid 47262976)
39. Wright BD, Masters GN. Rating scale analysis. Chicago: Mesa Press, 1982;1-206.
40. Wright BD, Linacre JM. Observations are always ordinal; measurements, however, must be interval. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1989;70(12):857-860.
41. Velozo CA, Kielhofner G, Lai JS. The use of Rasch analysis to produce scale-free measurement of functional ability. Am J Occup Ther 1999;53(1):83-90.
42. Pesudovs K, Garamendi E, Keeves JP, Elliott DB. The Activities of Daily Vision Scale for cataract surgery outcomes: re-evaluating validity with Rasch analysis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003;44(7):2892-2899. (Pubitemid 36759749)
43. Duncan PW, Bode RK, Min Lai S, Perera S. Rasch analysis of a new stroke-specific outcome scale: the Stroke Impact Scale. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003;84(7):950-963. (Pubitemid 36835117)
44. Lundgren-Nilsson A, Grimby G, Ring H, et al. Cross-cultural validity of functional independence measure items in stroke: a study using Rasch analysis. J Rehabil Med 2005;37(1):23-31. (Pubitemid 40214505)
45. Chia EM, Mitchell P, Ojaimi E, Rochtchina E, Wang JJ. Assessment of vision-related quality of life in an older population subsample: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2006;13(6):371-377. (Pubitemid 44973612)
46. Varma R, Wu J, Chong K, Azen SP, Hays RD. Impact of severity and bilaterality of visual impairment on health-related quality of life. Ophthalmology 2006;113(10):1846-1853. (Pubitemid 44442430)
47. Lee JE, Fos PJ, Sung JH, et al. Relationship of cataract symptoms of preoperative patients and vision-related quality of life. Qual Life Res 2005;14(8):1845-1853. (Pubitemid 41279607)