Research Article

Rehabilitation Methods for Patients with Geographic Atrophy due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Effects of Rehabilitation on Quality of Life

Table 5

The scores of the quality of life scales (NEI-VFQ-25) in the control group (n = 21) at baseline and the second visit.

Quality of life scalesThe median [Q1, Q3]
BaselineSecond visit

Overall composite score47.50 [38, 52]46.56 [38, 51]0.156
General health45.00 [38, 55]42.50 [38, 55]0.429
General vision30.00 [23, 38]30.00 [20, 33]0.061
Ocular pain100.00 [100, 100]100.00 [100, 100]1.000
Near activities25.00 [15, 33]25.00 [15, 33]0.089
Distance activities33.33 [23, 40]33.33 [25, 40]0.483
Vision-specific:
 Social functioning41.67 [25, 50]41.67 [25, 50]0.748
 Mental health55.00 [45, 65]55.00 [45, 65]0.546
 Role difficulties25.00 [25, 44]25.00 [19, 44]0.059
 Dependency68.75 [50, 78]68.75 [53, 78]0.655
Color vision100.00 [100, 100]100.00 [100, 100]1.000
Peripheral vision75.00 [50, 75]75.00 [63, 75]0.317

Paired samples T-test.