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Table 5 Change of subscale and composite scores of NEI-VFQ-25 regarding various eye diseases

From: Accessibility of ophthalmic healthcare for residents of an offshore island—an example of integrated delivery system

 

All participants

Cataract

 

Glaucoma

 

Dry eye

 

Yes

No

 

Yes

No

 

Yes

No

 

Subscale

Mean ± SD

Mean

Mean

P value*

Mean

Mean

P value*

Mean

Mean

P value*

General health

42.8 ± 25.6

35.4

48.7

< 0.001

37.7

43.3

0.083

39.9

43.3

0.181

General vision

62.7 ± 16.7

57.0

67.1

< 0.001

57.5

63.1

0.010

61.1

62.9

0.283

Ocular pain

80.1 ± 17.8

74.3

84.7

< 0.001

69.2

81.1

< 0.001

73.4

81.2

< 0.001

Near activities

84.3 ± 15.4

78.7

88.8

< 0.001

80.9

84.7

0.124

83.2

84.5

0.472

Distance activities

87.7 ± 12.2

81.2

92.9

< 0.001

80.6

88.4

0.001

86.9

87.9

0.574

Vision specific

          

 Social functioning

93.8 ± 9.1

90.3

96.6

< 0.001

91.6

94.0

0.185

94.5

93.7

0.534

 Mental health

81.7 ± 14.6

76.6

85.8

< 0.001

75.9

82.3

0.006

80.9

81.9

0.569

 Role difficulties

74.1 ± 23.6

66.4

80.2

< 0.001

61.6

75.3

< 0.001

70.2

74.8

0.088

 Dependency

87.6 ± 14.8

81.4

92.6

< 0.001

81.9

88.2

0.026

86.6

87.8

0.573

Driving

95.0 ± 10.2

91.8

96.4

< 0.001

90.9

95.4

0.013

93.1

95.3

0.100

Color vision

95.3 ± 14.1

92.3

97.8

< 0.001

93.8

95.5

0.346

96.5

95.1

0.309

Peripheral vision

89.8 ± 14.2

84.4

94.1

< 0.001

85.3

90.2

0.031

89.1

89.9

0.632

Composite score of NEI-VFQ-25

84.0 ± 15.2

78.8

88.2

< 0.001

77.8

84.6

0.036

82.3

84.4

0.863

  1. Abbreviations: NEI-VFQ-25 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire, SD standard deviation
  2. *P values indicate significance of Student’s t test