Research Article

Vision-Related Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Visual Impairment at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

NEI VFQ-25 scores across subscales among study participants at the University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 484).

VariablesMean ± SDPoor VRQOL frequency (%)Good VRQOL frequency (%)

General health(50.46 ± 30.83)318 (65.7)166 (34.3)
General vision(34.74 ± 20.88)241 (49.8)243 (50.2)
Ocular pain(67.08 ± 29.01)227 (46.9)257 (53.1)
Near activities(53.17 ± 32.58)273 (56.4)211 (43.6)
Distance activities(52.56 ± 24.87)266 (53.7)224 (46.3)
Social functioning(69.44 ± 31.73)211 (43.6)273 (56.4)
Mental health(55.10 ± 30.78)222 (45.9)262 (54.1)
Role difficulties(43.35 ± 37.50)260 (53.7)224 (46.3)
Dependency(57.88 ± 33.84)211 (43.6)273 (56.4)
Color vision(75.57 ± 33.17)203 (41.9)281 (58.1)
Peripheral vision(59.21 ± 34.66)254 (52.5)230 (47.5)
Overall VRQOL(56.90 ± 22.18)238 (49.2)246 (50.8)