Quality of Life in Presbyopes with Low and High Myopia Using Single-Vision and Progressive-Lens Correction

This study evaluates the impact of the severity of myopia and the type of visual correction in presbyopia on vision-related quality of life (QOL), using the refractive status and vision profile (RSVP) questionnaire. A total of 149 subjects aged 41–75 years with myopic presbyopia were recruited: 108 had low myopia and 41 had high myopia. The RSVP questionnaire was administered. Rasch analysis was performed on five subscales: perception, expectation, functionality, symptoms, and problems with glasses. Highly myopic subjects had a significantly lower mean QOL score (51.65), compared to low myopes (65.24) (p < 0.001). They also had a significantly lower functionality score with glasses (49.38), compared to low myopes (57.00) (p = 0.018), and they had a worse functionality score without glasses (29.12), compared to low myopes (36.24) (p = 0.045). Those who wore progressive addition lenses (PAL) in the high-myope group (n = 25) scored significantly better, compared to those who wore single-vision distance (SVD) lenses (n = 14), with perception scores of 61.19 and 46.94, respectively (p = 0.029). Highly myopic presbyopes had worse overall QOL and functionality, both with and without glasses, compared to presbyopes with low myopia. High-myopic PAL users had a better perception outcome than SVD lens wearers. Low-myopic PAL wearers had a better QOL than SVD wearers. View Full-Text

Keywords: myopia; quality of life; RSVP questionnaire; presbyopia

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Yang, A.; Lim, S.Y.; Wong, Y.L.; Yeo, A.; Rajeev, N.; Drobe, B. Quality of Life in Presbyopes with Low and High Myopia Using Single-Vision and Progressive-Lens Correction. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 1589. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081589

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Yang A, Lim SY, Wong YL, Yeo A, Rajeev N, Drobe B. Quality of Life in Presbyopes with Low and High Myopia Using Single-Vision and Progressive-Lens Correction. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10(8):1589. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081589

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Yang, Adeline, Si Y. Lim, Yee L. Wong, Anna Yeo, Narayanan Rajeev, and Björn Drobe. 2021. "Quality of Life in Presbyopes with Low and High Myopia Using Single-Vision and Progressive-Lens Correction" Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 8: 1589. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081589

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