Concordance between child and parent-proxy report on a new self-report tool of vision related quality of life for children with JIA-associated uveitis – “Effects of Youngsters’ Eyesight on QOL -EYE-Q”

Table 2 Correlations (r) between patient and parent vision assessments and measures of vision impairment§

	Patient vision assessment (1-6)⁺⁺⁺	P value	Parent vision assessment (1-10)⁺⁺⁺	P value
Vision impairment§	0.266	0.003**	0.280	0.002**
Eye-Q¹ (range of scores 0-4)⁺	-0.489	<0.001*	-0.297	0.001**
PedsQL² Total (0-100)⁺	-0.064	0.488	-0.053	0.569
Logmar far VA³, better eye (-0.30-3.00)⁺⁺	0.340	<0.001*	0.239	0.009**
Need for visual aids	-0.281	0.002**	-0.281	0.002**
Laterality of disease	0.108	0.238	0.143	0.121
Patient vision assessment (1-10)⁺⁺⁺	0.166	0.072
Physician vision assessment (1-10)⁺⁺⁺	0.315	<0.001*	0.384	<0.001*

¹Effects of youngsters' eyesight on QOL; ²Pediatric quality of life inventory; ³Visual acuity
*<0.001, **<0.05 using person's coefficient
§ Vision impairment – any eye with a VA of 20/40 or worse
⁺⁺Lower values indicate better vision and VA
⁺⁺⁺Higher values indicate worse vision severity

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