Vision-related quality of life considering both eyes: results from the German population-based Gutenberg Health Study (GHS)

Abstract Purpose Most definitions of visual impairment focus on the status of the better-seeing eye only, but this approach might underestimate the influence of the worse-seeing eye on the vision-related quality of life (VRQoL). Methods We assessed distance-corrected visual acuity in both eyes and V...

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Main Authors: Stefan Nickels, Alexander K. Schuster, Heike Elflein, Christian Wolfram, Andreas Schulz, Thomas Münzel, Manfred E. Beutel, Irene Schmidtmann, Robert P. Finger, Norbert Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-019-1158-1