Performance Measures for 21 Clinical Centers by Type of Center*.
Performance Measure | Community-Based Center (n = 13) | University-Based Center (n = 8) |
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Patient accrual, No. | 45 | 46.5 |
Scheduled examinations completed, % | 91 | 94 |
2-y Masked vision examinations completed, % | 81 | 88 |
Scheduled health-related quality-of-life telephone interviews† completed, % | 81 | 90 |
Vision examination data transmitted promptly, % | 76 | 86 |
Retina photographs arrived promptly, % | 74 | 76 |
Data are given as medians.
Centrally administered health-related quality-of-life telephone interviews were undertaken to assess patient-centered outcomes. Interview instruments included the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire,12 the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey,13 the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale,14 and the SST Vision Preference Value Scale.15