Healthcare Stakeholder Perceptions of Vision Loss

Perceptions of the quality-of-life (QOL) associated with vision loss vary widely. Herein, we consider the perceptions of patients with vision loss as the criterion for QOL quantification associated with vision loss. With the QOL instrument, time tradeoff utility analysis, the upper anchor of 1.00 is associated with permanent normal vision, while the lower anchor of 0.00 is associated with death. A time tradeoff utility of 0.26 is associated with no light perception bilaterally. Patients with legal blindness in the U.S.
Source: Survey of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Public Health and the Eye Source Type: research