Table 1. Child-appropriate PROMs for children and young people with visual impairment (VI) (regardless of the VI cause)a.
Construct measured | Instrument name | Year and country of development | Languages the instrument is available in | Age range of respondentsb |
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Functional vision/visual ability | Cardiff Visual Ability Questionnaire (CVAQC)39 | 2010, UK | English | Children and young people aged 5–18 years |
LV Prasad-Functional Vision Questionnaire (LVP-FVQ)40 | 2003, India | Indian English, Hindi, Telugu | Children and young people aged 8–18 years | |
LV Prasad – Functional Vision Questionnaire Second Version (LVP-FVQ II)41 | 2012, India | Indian English, Hindi, Telugu | Children and young people aged 8–16 years | |
Functional Vision Questionnaire for Children and Young people (FVQ_CYP)20 c | 2013, UK | English | Children and young people aged 10–15 years | |
Vision-related quality of life | Children's Visual Function Questionnaire (CVFQ)42, 43 | 2004, USA | English | Children aged 0–7 years (parent-reported) |
The impact of vision impairment on children (IVI_C)44, 45 | 2011, Australia | English | Children and young people aged 8–18 years | |
Vision-related Quality of Life of Children & Young People (VQoL_CYP)19, 46 | 2011, UK | English | Children and young people aged 10–15 years |
Adapted from: Tadić et al;21 see the paper also for a detailed outline of other eye disorder specific instruments for use in Paediatric Ophthalmology.
All instruments are suitable for self-reporting by children/young people, apart from the CVFQ, which is intended as a proxy/parent reported instrument.
The FVQ_CYP was developed after the original review (from which this table was adapted) was published.