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Binocular VA offers good measure for uveitis patients in ‘real life’
BIRMINGHAM, England — Binocular high contrast visual acuity is a good measure of how uveitis patients perform in real life situations, a study here found. The study of vision quality in uveitis patients found that visual quality of life is worst in younger patients with poor acuity.
Researchers here studied 132 patients with various types of uveitis. Vision quality of life was measured with the VQOL, a standardized questionnaire. VQOL scores declined with reduced performance on tests of binocular high contrast visual acuity, high contrast visual acuity of the better eye, contrast sensitivity, binocular low contrast visual acuity and high contrast visual acuity of the worse eye. Multiple regression analysis showed binocular high contrast visual acuity (P < .01) to be the only visual function adequate to predict visual quality of life.
The study is published in the September issue of British Journal of Ophthalmology.