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NEI-VFQ
National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire - deutsche Adaptation
Short abstract
The NEI-VFQ represents the visual impairments relevant to everyday life of patients with a wide range of eye diseases. The original American version NEI-VFQ-25 (Mangione, Lee & Hays, 1996) was developed using focus groups. It consists of 39 items and the following 12 scales: (1) General state of health, (2) General vision, (3) Eye pain, (4) Near vision, (5) Far vision, (6) Social functioning, (7) Mental well-being, (8) Exercising social roles, (9) Dependence on others, (10) Driving problems, (11) Television, (12) Peripheral vision. Reliability: Reliability (according to Cronbach's Alpha) lies between Alpha = .58 (scale 3) and Alpha = .92 (scale 9). Validity: The validity of the German version has been confirmed by correlations with the questionnaire on health status (SF-36; Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998).
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: NEI-VFQ. National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire - deutsche Adaptation. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9004023
Citation
Franke, G. H., Esser, J., Voigtländer, A. & Mähner, N. (2009). NEI-VFQ. National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire [Verfahrensdokumentation, Autorenbeschreibung und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4571
Short information
Short Name NEI-VFQ
English Name National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire - German adaptation
Authors Franke, G.H., Esser, J., Voigtländer, A., Mähner, N.
Published in Test archive 2009
Copyright/Licence Copyright Autoren; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Vision Disorders, Quality of Life
Language versions deu
Construct Eye disease
Application age Adults (patients with eye diseases)
Item number 39 Items
Subscales (1) General Health, (2) General Vision, (3) Ocular Pain, (4) Near Activities, (5) Distance Activities, (6) Social Functioning, (7) Mental Health, (8) Role Difficulties, (9) Dependency, (10) Driving, (11) Color Vision, (12) Peripheral Vision.
Application Time ca. 5-10 min.
Interpretation time No information.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = .58-.92.
Findings on convergent validity.
None.
Applications Medicine
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Franke, G. H., Esser, J., Voigtländer, A. & Mähner, N. (1997). Der National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ). Essen: Universitätsklinikum, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie.
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Prof. Dr. Gabriele Helga Franke, Psychodiagnostik, Hochschule Stendal, Osterburger Straße 25, D-39576 Hansestadt Stendal