Utility index and vision-related quality of life in patients awaiting specialist eye care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to ascertain utility and vision-related quality of life in patients awaiting access to specialist eye care. A secondary aim was to evaluate the association of utility indices with demographic profile and waiting time.

Methods

Consecutive patients that had been waiting for ophthalmology care answered the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25). The questionnaire was administered when patients arrived at the clinics for their first visit. We derived a utility index (VFQ-UI) from the patients' responses, then calculated the correlation between this index and waiting time and compared utility across demographic subgroups stratified by age, sex, and care setting.

Results

536 individuals participated in the study

SUBMITTER: Araujo AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11318885 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature