June 2013
Volume 54, Issue 15
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2013
What are people rating when they rate their vision status? Associations with Vision Tests and Self-Reported Visual Function in the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Study
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Mahmood El-Gasim
    School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Beatriz Munoz
    Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Sheila West
    Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Adrienne Scott
    Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Mahmood El-Gasim, None; Beatriz Munoz, None; Sheila West, None; Adrienne Scott, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2013, Vol.54, 5306. doi:
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      Mahmood El-Gasim, Beatriz Munoz, Sheila West, Adrienne Scott; What are people rating when they rate their vision status? Associations with Vision Tests and Self-Reported Visual Function in the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Study. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):5306.

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Abstract
 
Purpose
 

To understand the most important determinants of self-rated vision status by examining associations with vision tests, self-reported visual function, demographic, and health-status characteristics.

 
Methods
 

Participants included 2467 individuals, aged 65-84 in a longitudinal, population-based cohort study. Participants rated their vision status from 0-10. Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, stereo-acuity and visual fields were assessed. The Activities of Daily Vision Scale (ADVS) questionnaire was administered. Multivariate ordinal and multinomial logistic-regression models examined the association of demographic, health-status characteristics, vision tests, and ADVS subscales with self-rated vision status score. Odds ratios described the association of these characteristics with reporting better vision status.

 
Results
 

Better visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, stereo-acuity, and visual fields were associated with increased odds of reporting better vision status. Among the vision tests, a 2-line increase in visual acuity was most likely to result in an individual reporting better vision status (odds ratio, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.30-1.70). A 5-point increase in the near vision, far vision, and glare ADVS subscale scores were associated with increased odds of reporting good vision status versus poor vision status. A 5-point increase in the near vision subscale was most likely to result in an individual reporting good vision status versus poor vision status (odds ratio, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.28-1.50).

 
Conclusions
 

Self-rated vision status is a multidimensional measure. Near-vision visual function and visual acuity are important determinants of self-rated vision status in an elderly population.

 
Keywords: 414 aging: visual performance • 754 visual acuity • 641 perception  
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