• J Gen Intern Med · Feb 1997

    Functional associations of "trouble seeing".

    • R Kington, J Rogowski, L Lillard, and P P Lee.
    • RAND, Santa Monica, Calif., USA.
    • J Gen Intern Med. 1997 Feb 1; 12 (2): 125128125-8.

    AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine how vision problems affect health status. The information was collected in 1990 from 2,249 household heads and spouses over 50 years of age during an annual survey of a nationally representative sample that was adjusted for attrition and nonresponse. Vision problems were defined as "trouble seeing (even with glasses or contact lenses)." Health status was measured principally with the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36. Regression analyses found a significant relationship between "trouble seeing" and each of five health-status domains. We conclude that it may not be appropriate to require specific functional limitations as a precondition for cataract surgery and that instruments for measuring functional disabilities related to vision should include more general questions.

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