Table 1.

 Items in the daily living tasks dependent on vision by dimension

Subscale 1 (8 items)

Reading normal size newsprint

Reading correspondence—eg, letters and bills

Signing documents—eg, cheques

Identifying money from a wallet

Reading road signs/street names

Watching TV programmes

Distinguishing a person’s features across the street

Distinguishing a person’s features across the room

Subscale 2 (8 items)

Distinguishing a person’s features at arm’s length

Reading newspaper headlines

Pouring yourself a drink

Using kitchen appliances

Recognising seasonal changes in the garden

Cutting up food on your plate

Enjoying the scenery if out for a drive

Cutting fingernails

Subscale 3 (7 items)

How would you rate overall near vision?

How would you rate overall distance vision?

Confidence in ability to walk around one’s own neighbourhood

Confidence in an ability to walk around an unfamiliar neighbourhood

Do you agree? I feel I have to be more careful because of my eye condition

Noticing objects off to either side

Seeing steps and using them

Subscale 4 (2 items)

Adjusting to brightness after being in the dark

Adjusting to darkness after being in the light