Table 1 Baseline descriptive characteristics
Patients (N = 197) | Controls (N = 26) | |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 83.4 (7.6) | 70.2 (7.7) |
Females | 71% | 48% |
Married | 44% | 83.3% |
Retired | 91% | 60% |
Visual Acuity of best eye (LogMar) | 0.19 (0.25) | NA |
Fractional | 20/31 | |
Visual Acuity of treated eye (LogMar) | 0.59 (0.51) | NA |
Fractional | 20/78 | |
NEI-VFQ 25 overall score of 100 | 79.5 (14.5) | 91.3 (7.7) |
NEI-VFQ 25: sub scores: | ||
General Health | 46.8 (23.1) | 65.4 (25.6) |
General vision | 57.1 (17.7) | 83.1 (12.3) |
Ocular Pain | 88.4 (19.5) | 85.0 (18.7) |
Near activities | 74.1 (22.4) | 88.0 (13.0) |
Distance activities | 75.7 (24.6) | 91.7 (9.0) |
Social Function | 85.1 (21.6) | 98.0 (6.0) |
Mental health | 77.2 (19.0) | 91.0 (10.4) |
Role difficulties | 69.3 (30.0) | 90.0 (20.1) |
Dependency | 89.7 (16.5) | 98.7 (5.2) |
Driving | 61.9 (38.0) | 83.7 (20.0) |
Color vision | 94.4 (14.1) | 99.0 (5.0) |
Peripheral vision | 94.4 (14.5) | 95.2 (10.4) |
EQ-5D index | 0.74 (0.28)a | 0.85 (0.18) |
PASS 5- Visual symptom status: | ||
Acceptable and over | 54.3% | 92.0% |
Below acceptable | 45.6% | 8.0% |