Measuring the Quality of Life of Visually Impaired Children: First Stage Psychometric Evaluation of the Novel VQoL_CYP Instrument.

PURPOSE:To report piloting and initial validation of the VQoL_CYP, a novel age-appropriate vision-related quality of life (VQoL) instrument for self-reporting by children with visual impairment (VI). METHODS:Participants were a random patient sample of children with VI aged 10-15 years. 69 patients,...

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Main Authors: Valerija Tadić, Andrew Cooper, Phillippa Cumberland, Gillian Lewando-Hundt, Jugnoo S Rahi, Vision-related Quality of Life (VQoL) group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4768881?pdf=render