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. 2016 Jan 25;11(1):e0146956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146956

Table 5. NEI VFQ-25 subscale scores and OCS compared with literature.

GH GV OP NA DA VSSF VSMH VSRD VSD D CV PV OCS*
Study Mean age ± SD (yrs) Group composition Mean (SD)
Hoeksema 55 ± 12 HLA-B27 associated 47.4 78.3 73.1 88.0 90.8 97.2 88.7 86.4 97.5 85.3 99.6 94.1 88.9
n = 59 anterior uveitis (20.8) (10.8) (20.3) (15.2) (12.3) (8.7) (9.2) (17.4) (8.9) (14.2) (3.3) (12.6) (8.8)
Hirneiss 200915 42 ± 9 Normal working population 73.0 78.6 85.4 91.9 91.8 97.9 87.4 92.8 98.4 88.7 97.9 93.3 91.1
n = 619 - Total group (18.1) (15.7) (16.6) (13.1) (11.3) (9.0) (10.5) (13.8) (5.6) (10.6) (9.3) (15.0) (7.4)
Hirneiss 200915 42 ± 9 Normal working population 79.9 79.0 87.6 92.3 92.1 98.1 87.8 93.4 98.5 88.8 98.0 93.4 91.6
n = 511 - Without ocular disease (17.4) (15.9) (15.1) (13.0) (11.4) (8.2) (10.0) (13.3) (5.5) (10.6) (8.7) (14.6) (7.1)
Hirneiss 200915 43 Normal working population 68.6 79.1 75.1 90.2 90.6 96.8 85.3 89.7 97.9 88.4 97.3 92.5 88.8
n = 108 - With ocular disease (20.7) (15.9) (19.2) (13.6) (10.7) (12.3) (12.5) (15.6) (5.8) (10.4) (11.6) (16.7) (8.3)
Hoeksema 20147 58 ± 17 Herpetic anterior uveitis 59.0 76.1 73.3 87.7 92.6 97.1 84.9 84.0 97.7 87.1 97.1 91.2 88.1
n = 36 (19.0) (9.3) (22.8) (16.7) (12.6) (8.1) (14.4) (21.9) (7.1) (16.2) (10.1) (20.3) (10.6)
Qian 20114 41 Noninfectious ocular 60.3 72.8 73.9 79.2 78.8 89.9 70.8 74.2 84.9 77.4 94.9 81.3 79.7
n = 104 inflammatory disease - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Naik 20135 - Noninfectious intermediate 59.1 70.3 76.5 78.9 80.5 87.8 71.2 75.3 86.7 81.2 92.8 83.4 80.3
n = 123 and posterior uveitis - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(Snellen VA ≥ 0.5)
Kuiper 20136 59.5 (median) Birdshot chorioretinopathy 61.6 63.8 75.1 68.6 70.3 84.5 71.2 64.5 84.2 66.8 80.2 67.6 71.0
n = 105 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cahill 200514 76.4 ± 5.6 Bilateral severe AMD - 31.4 81.8 29.4 38.8 58.4 34.1 38.2 42.7 16.1 67.5 66.8 -
n = 70 - (15.8) (20.3) (18.6) (24.7) (28.1) (25.1) (27.1) (29.7) (31.3) (27.7) (25.1) -

NEI VFQ-25: National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25. GH: General Health, GV: General Vision, OP: Ocular Pain, NA: Near Activities, DA: Distance Activities, VSSF: Vision Specific Social Functioning, VSMH: Vision Specific Mental Health, VSRD: Vision Specific Role Difficulties, VSD: Vision Specific Dependency, D: Driving, CV: Color Vision, PV: Peripheral Vision, OCS: Overall Composite Score, VA: visual acuity. AMD: age-related macular degeneration.

* Average of vision-targeted subscale scores, without GH.