Development and validation of the 40-item Glaucoma Visual Functioning Questionnaire

• Published in: British journal of ophthalmology Vol. 107; no. 8; pp. 1086 - 1091
• Main Authors: Huang, Haishun, Lin, Junxiong, Luo, Man, Li, Zhidong, Zhu, Yingting, Han, Jiaxu, Jin, Ling, Li, Yiqing, Zhuo, Yehong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.08.2023; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Blindness; Clinical Science; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Eye diseases; Focus groups; Glaucoma; Glaucoma - diagnosis; Humans; Laboratories; Ophthalmology; Patients; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of Results; Sickness Impact Profile; Strabismus; Surveys and Questionnaires; Validity; Vision; Vision Disorders - diagnosis; Visual impairment; China; Glaucoma; Vision; Rehabilitation
• ISSN: 0007-1161; 1468-2079; 1468-2079
• DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-320985

AimsTo evaluate the psychometric properties of a newly designed questionnaire, the 40-item Glaucoma Visual Functioning Questionnaire (GVFQ-40), in a Chinese sample to capture the visual ability of patients with glaucomatous vision impairment in five domains.MethodsEighty-four glaucoma suspects (cont...