Gwyn Rees

TL;DR: Significant improvements in overall quality of life and two specific areas of daily living in people with low vision were found, although the magnitude and clinical significance of the rehabilitation-induced gains were modest.

TL;DR: An examination of the IVI dimension confirmed a three-subscale structure that displays interval measurement characteristics likely to provide a valid and reliable assessment of restriction of participation.

TL;DR: The need for improved outcome measures to provide valid, meaningful measurement of the social and emotional impact of diabetic retinopathy is identified and potential directions for future research such as item banking and computer adaptive testing are discussed.

TL;DR: Patients with DR experience many socioemotional issues in addition to vision-related activity limitations, and data from this study will be used to generate data for a DR-specific quality of life (QoL) item bank.

TL;DR: The evidence suggests that DR, particularly in its vision-threatening stages, has a substantial, negative impact on the patient, however, the understanding of the impact of DR is currently restricted due to limitations inherent in currently available patient-reported outcome measures.