Table 2.
Average effect sizes for each visual acuity criteria and cognitive domain
| Visual Acuity Criteria | Cognitive Domain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attention | Executive Function |
Memory | Perception/ Language |
Overall | |
| Unreported | 0.49 [0.38, 0.57] | 0.41 [0.37, 0.45] | 0.42 [0.37, 0.47] | 0.43 [0.33, 0.52] | 0.44 [0.41, 0.47] |
| Undisclosed | 0.47 [0.39, 0.55] | 0.48 [0.41, 0.54] | 0.45 [0.37, 0.53] | 0.51 [0.43, 0.59] | 0.48 [0.44, 0.52] |
| Self-reported | 0.44 [0.40, 0.49] | 0.47 [0.31, 0.60] | 0.36 [0.20, 0.50] | 0.58 [0.42, 0.71] | 0.47 [0.43, 0.51] |
| 20/80 – 20/31 | 0.56 [0.51, 0.61] | 0.45 [0.35, 0.54] | 0.51 [0.39, 0.62] | 0.38 [0.32, 0.44] | 0.48 [0.44, 0.51] |
| 20/30 or above | 0.63 [0.54, 0.71] | 0.43 [0.30, 0.54] | 0.49 [0.39, 0.59] | 0.43 [0.36, 0.49] | 0.50 [0.46, 0.54] |
| Overall | 0.52 [0.50, 0.55] | 0.45 [0.42, 0.48] | 0.45 [0.41, 0.48] | 0.47 [0.44, 0.50] | |
Note. Average effect sizes (r) and 95% confidence intervals (in brackets) are presented as a function of the five visual acuity criteria and four cognitive domains. Overall values were calculated for each visual acuity criteria by collapsing across the cognitive domains and vice versa.