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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2020 May 1;51(5):262–270. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20200501-03

TABLE 5.

Comparison of Previously Reported Quality of Life Mean Scores and Standard Deviations for the Nine Subcategories in the NVHQoL Questionnaire

This Study Dreer 2007 Dev 2014 Lamoureux 2009
Location Bay Area, CA Birmingham, AL Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Victoria, Australia
Mean Age 77 ± 11 82 ± 7.7 75 ± 7.12 83.9 ± 9.9
Male 51% 16% 33.54% 40%
NHQVoL Scores (Mean ± SD)
General Vision 70 ± 25 64 ± 21 43.39 ± 22.11 77.49 ± 20.13
Reading 83 ± 22 78 ± 28 62.39 ± 24.27 75.78 ± 32.19
Ocular Symptoms 84 ± 19 69 ± 29 41.38 ± 11.74 90.22 ± 13.92
ADLs 97 ± 9 94 ± 15 64.85 ± 18.18 94.78 ± 12.57
Mobility 92 ± 12 86 ± 16 63.00 ± 19.08 90.55 ± 12.97
Activities 89 ± 16 86 ± 22.6 64.10 ± 22.46 75.04 ± 22.93
Psychological 81 ± 25 67 ± 23 37.28 ± 23.41 85.78 ± 21.91
Adapting 85 ± 26 85 ± 24 40.36 ± 22.57 85.78 ± 21.91
Social 91 ± 16 89 ± 17 58.83 ± 17.22 91.63 ± 16.62

NVHQoL = Nursing Home Vision-Targeted Health-Related Quality of Life; ADLs = activities of daily living; SD = standard deviation