VISUAL FUNCTIONING AFTER CATARACT SURGERY
June 1, 1996
VISUAL FUNCTIONING AFTER CATARACT SURGERY
Questions from the VF-14
1. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading small print, such as labels on medicine bottles, a telephone book, food labels?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
2. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading a newspaper or book?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
3. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading a large-print book or large-print newspaper or numbers on a telephone?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
4. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, recognizing people when they are close to you?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
5. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, seeing steps, stairs, or curbs?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
6. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading traffic signs, street signs, or store signs?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
7. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, doing fine handwork like sewing, crocheting, carpentry?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
8. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, writing checks or filling out forms?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
9. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, playing games such as bingo, dominos, card games, mahjong?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
10. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, taking part in sports like bowling, handball, tennis, golf?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
11. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, cooking?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
12. Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, watching television?
___ Yes ___ No ___ Not applicable
If yes, how much difficulty do you currently have?
1. A little
2. A moderate amount
3. A great deal
4. Unable to do the activity
13. Do you currently drive a car?
___ Yes (go to 14) ___ No (go to 16)
14. How much difficulty do you have driving during the day because of your vision? Do you have:
1. No difficulty
2. A little difficulty
3. A moderate amount of difficulty
4. A great deal of difficulty
15. How much difficulty do you have driving at night because of your vision? Do you have:
1. No difficulty
2. A little difficulty
3. A moderate amount of difficulty
4. A great deal of difficulty
16. Have you ever driven a car?
___ Yes (go to 17) ___ No (stop)
17. When did you stop driving?
___ Less than 6 months ago
___ 6-12 months ago
___ More than 12 months ago
18. Why did you stop driving?
___ Vision
___ Other illness
___ Other reason
Scoring: Each item receives points as follows:
No difficulty: 4 points
A little difficulty: 3 points
A moderate amount: 2 points
A great deal: 1 point
Unable to do: 0 points.
Do not score items if patients don't participate in the activity for a non-vision-related reason. (For example, they had never taken part in sports.)
Total the scores and divide by the number of applicable questions for a resulting average between 0 and 4. Multiply the average by 25. The range now is from 0 (vision prevents patient from doing all activities) and 100 (patient can do all activities without difficulty).
Source: Steinberg PP, et al. The VF-14: An index of functional impairment in patients with cataract. Arch Ophthalmol 1994; 112:630-638.