The impact of age-related macular degeneration on quality of life and its association with demographic data. Results from the NEI VFQ-25 questionnaire in a Norwegian population.
dc.contributor.author | Schippert, Ana Carla | |
dc.contributor.author | Jelin, Elma | |
dc.contributor.author | Moe, Morten Carsten | |
dc.contributor.author | Heiberg, Turid | |
dc.contributor.author | Grov, Ellen Karine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-25T07:39:26Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-01T07:09:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-25T07:39:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-01T07:09:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Schippert, Jelin E, Moe MC, Heiberg T, Grov EK. The impact of age-related macular degeneration on quality of life and its association with demographic data. Results from the NEI VFQ-25 questionnaire in a Norwegian population.. Gerontology and geriatric medicine. 2018(4):1-9 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2333-7214 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2333-7214 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6898 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To describe vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) in a Norwegian population of patients with newly diagnosed neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), and to evaluate the association with demographic data of age, gender, and civil status (married, cohabitants/unmarried, not cohabitants). Method: The Norwegian version of the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire–25 (NEI VFQ-25) questionnaire was administered to 145 patients recently diagnosed with nAMD. We used descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis to determine the distribution of demographic parameters and a possible association between demographic parameters and NEI VFQ-25 scores. Spearman correlation was employed to analyze the NEI VFQ-25 items and subscales scores. Results: Mean (SD) VFQ-25 total score was 78.5 (14.7). The scores per subscales varied from 64.7 to 89.7. No significant difference was revealed between demographic parameters and the NEI VFQ-25 items, except for one item (being with others) when comparing paired and nonpaired participants. Conclusion: In a Norwegian population with newly diagnosed nAMD, VRQoL is reported at a high baseline level. This is an important information for the health care personnel when discussing expectations during treatment with the patient. Age, gender, and civil status did not affect VRQoL. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Gerontology and geriatric medicine;Volume 4 | |
dc.rights | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits noncommercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Age-related macular degenerations | en |
dc.subject | National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire–25 | en |
dc.subject | Demographics | en |
dc.title | The impact of age-related macular degeneration on quality of life and its association with demographic data. Results from the NEI VFQ-25 questionnaire in a Norwegian population. | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2019-03-25T07:39:26Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721418801601 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1687353 | |
dc.source.journal | Gerontology and geriatric medicine |
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