Journal of Ophthalmology / 2014 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Vision Related Quality of Life in Patients with Keratoconus Table 3 Comparison of NEI-VFQ-25 subscale item scores in the keratoconus group according to the subgroups of the keratoconus grade; visual acuity in the better and worse eye and contact lens use are presented (
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NEI-VFQ-25 scores Keratoconus grade Visual acuity, better eye Visual acuity, worse eye Contact lens use In : 6 IIn : 9 IIIn : 7 IVn : 6
≥0.4n : 5 <0.4n : 25
≥0.4n : 13 <0.4n : 17
Yesn : 20 Non : 10
General health 66.6 67.7 53.7 70 0.771 52.5 69.6 0.102 54.4 77.2 0.013* 65 65 0.849 General vision 60.0 17.3 70 35 65 0.112 68.7 59.2 0.487 60.5 62.2 0.859 49 64.2 0.284 Ocular pain 60.0 20 51.1 48.7 61.2 0.774 59 53.2 0.604 59 50 0.454 46 56.6 0.351 Near vision 83.3 28.8 82.2 62.5 71.2 0.503 68 81 0.340 79 76.1 0.644 70 78.3 0.346 Distance vision 93.3 11.5 83.3 82.5 80 0.772 71 90.3 0.024* 83 87.7 0.517 87 83 0.891 Social functioning 100 81.6 93.7 72.5 0.371 64 91.4 0.030* 80 88.8 0.203 93 82.3 0.730 Mental health 66.6 11.5 72.7 65 56.2 0.730 38 79.2 0.008* 65 72.2 0.834 76 64 0.475 Role difficulties 83.3 15.2 75.5 81.2 72.5 0.818 53 84.2 0.022* 71 81.6 0.240 78 77 0.928 Dependency 93.3 11.5 83.8 87.5 75 0.975 63.7 89.6 0.057 83.8 83.8 1.0 90 82.8 0.536 Color vision 100 88.3 93.7 87.5 0.750 86 92.1 0.51 90.5 90.5 0.83 95 89.6 0.731 Peripheral vision 86.6 23 83.8 77.5 72.5 0.660 74 83.2 0.358 82.5 78.8 0.73 74 83 0.315 Overall composite score 82.6 12.7 77 72.7 67.8 0.682 61.9 80.2 0.042* 74 77 0.462 75.4 75.1 0.760
