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Table 3 Vision-related health-related quality of life scores: Interviewer- versus Self-administration and Large- versus Small print

From: Interviewer versus self-administered health-related quality of life questionnaires - Does it matter?

Health-related quality of life domain

 

Interviewer- versus Self-administration

Large versus Standard print format

 

Total

(2,336 visits)

Interview

(458 visits)

Self

(1,878 visits)

Adjusted difference* (95% CI)

Large

(170 visits)

Standard

(1,708 visits)

Adjusted difference* (95% CI)

Visual Functioning Questionnaire

       

Composite visual functioning, mean

86.5

83.9

87.2

-0.1 (-2.6, 2.5), p = 0.9

87.4

87.1

2.1 (-1.1, 5.2), p = 0.2

General vision

76.7

73.2

77.6

-1.8 (-4.6, 1.0), p = 0.2

78.1

77.5

2.2 (-1.6, 6.1), p = 0.3

Ocular pain

86.4

87.6

86.1

3.5 (0.2, 6.8), p = 0.04

86.9

86.0

2.3 (-2.0, 6.6), p = 0.3

Near activities

83.1

81.5

83.5

1.2 (-2.3, 4.7), p = 0.5

82.6

83.6

2.9 (-1.5, 7.4), p = 0.2

Distance activities

88.2

86.1

88.8

0.7 (-2.3, 3.6), p = 0.7

88.0

88.8

2.3 (-1.8, 6.5), p = 0.3

Vision specific

       

Social functioning

93.5

90.3

94.3

-0.7 (-3.2, 1.7), p = 0.6

93.5

94.4

0.9 (-2.8, 4.5), p = 0.6

Mental health

84.0

80.8

84.7

-0.4 (-4.1, 3.3), p = 0.8

86.9

84.5

2.7 (-1.7, 7.0), p = 0.2

Role difficulties

83.4

80.2

84.2

-2.6 (-7.3, 2.1), p = 0.3

84.0

84.2

0.9 (-4.6, 6.3), p = 0.8

Dependency

91.1

87.0

92.1

-1.9 (-5.3, 1.4), p = 0.3

93.4

91.9

2.9 (-1.0, 6.8), p = 0.1

Driving

82.6

76.9

83.9

0.2 (-4.2, 4.7), p = 0.9

84.9

83.7

1.6 (-3.2, 6.4), p = 0.5

Color vision

95.2

92.5

95.9

-0.3 (-2.6, 2.0), p = 0.8

95.9

95.9

0.6 (-2.8, 4.0), p = 0.7

Peripheral vision

87.1

84.6

87.7

1.2 (-2.7, 5.0), p = 0.6

87.6

87.7

3.4 (-2.4, 9.2), p = 0.2

  1. * Adjusted for study site, sex, current age, and time-varying covariates CD4+ T cells, HIV viral load, and visual acuity.