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Table 4 Internal consistency at baseline and test-retest reliability of NEI-VFQ 25 in patient and control group

From: Psychometric properties of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ 25) in a Norwegian population of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration compared to a control population

NEI-VFQ 25

Number of items

Cronbach’s Alpha in patients (N = 175)

ICC in patients (N = 31)

ICC in controls (N = 21)

General Health

1

NA

0.64

0.78

General vision

1

NA

0.51

0.72

Ocular Pain

2

0.64

0.91

0.89

Near activities

3

0.74

0.87

0.65

Distance activities

3

0.77

0.90

0.68

Social Function

2

0.66

0.93

0.83

Mental health

4

0.69

0.80

0.65

Role difficulties

2

0.78

0.49

0.92

Dependency

3

0.76

0.75

0.59

Driving

2

0.61

0.97

0.97

Color vision

1

NA

0.89

−0.11

Peripheral vision

1

NA

0.96

0.60

25-item composite

25

0.85

0.91

0.96

  1. NA = Not Applicable
  2. ICC = Intraclass Correlation Coefficient