Table 5.
Spearman’s correlations of NEI VFQ 25 subscales with visual acuity and visual field
| NEI VFQ 25 subscales | BCVA better eye correlation (p-value) | BCVA worse eye correlation (p-value) | MD better eye correlation (p-value) | MD worse eye correlation (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 0.158 (0.107) | 0.145 (0.139) | −0.340 (0.279) | −0.235 (0.463) |
| General vision | 0.432** (<0.001) | 0.329** (0.001) | −0.293 (0.356) | −0.454 (0.138) |
| Ocular pain | 0.100 (0.313) | 0.104 (0.290) | −0.674* (0.016) | −0.395 (0.203) |
| Near activities | 0.578** (<0.001) | 0.367** (<0.001) | −0.226 (0.480) | −0.241 (0.451) |
| Distant activities | 0.712** (<0.001) | 0.476** (<0.001) | −0.267 (0.402) | −0.547 (0.066) |
| Social functioning | 0.514** (<0.001) | 0.275* (0.005) | −0.543 (0.068) | −0.364 (0.245) |
| Mental health | 0.250* (0.010) | 0.202* (0.039) | −0.430 (0.163) | −0.200 (0.532) |
| Role difficulties | 0.535** (<0.001) | 0.267* (0.006) | −0.515 (0.087) | −0.498 (0.099) |
| Dependency | 0.328** (<0.001) | 0.238* (0.014) | −0.472 (0.122) | −0.427 (0.167) |
| Driving | 0.502** (0.001) | 0.260 (0.088) | 1.000** (<0.001) | −0.500 (0.667) |
| Color vision | 0.319** (0.001) | 0.078 (0.429) | −0.865** (<0.001) | − 0.847** (0.001) |
| Peripheral vision | 0.370** (<0.001) | 0.388** (<0.001) | −0.342 (0.276) | −0.555 (0.061) |
| Composite score | 0.598** (<0.001) | 0.384** (<0.001) | 0.529 (0.077) | 0.535 (0.073) |
*Significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
**Significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
Italic characters indicate statistical significant correlation coefficient of 0.4 or greater
MD mean defect (only glaucoma patients)