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