| Set Number | Concept | Search Statement |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low vision | Blindness[mh] OR “Retinitis Pigmentosa”[Mesh] OR vision disorders[mh] OR “Vision, Low”[Mesh] OR “visually impaired persons”[Mesh] OR “retinal degeneration”[Mesh] OR “retinal diseases”[Mesh] OR blindness[tiab] OR “low vision”[tiab] OR (vision[tiab] OR visual[tiab] OR sight[tiab]) AND (loss[tiab] OR impaired[tiab] OR impairment[tiab]) OR retinitis[tiab] OR ((retina*[tiab] OR macular[tiab]) AND degenerat*[tiab]) |
| 2 | Outcomes | “Quality of Life”[Mesh] OR “activities of daily living”[Mesh] OR “disability evaluation”[Mesh] OR “quality-adjusted life years”[Mesh] OR “quality of life” OR “QoL” OR “hrQoL” OR “activities of daily living” OR “adl” OR “iadl” OR “daily activities” OR ((vision[tiab] OR visual[tiab]) AND (function*[tiab] OR orient*[tiab] OR adapt*[tiab])) OR walk[tiab] OR walking[tiab] OR bathe[tiab] OR bathing[tiab] OR dress[tiab] OR dressing[tiab] OR eat[tiab] OR eating[tiab] OR bathroom[tiab] OR toilet*[tiab] OR cook[tiab] OR cooking[tiab] OR drive[tiab] OR driving[tiab] OR phone[tiab] OR shop[tiab] OR shopping[tiab] OR mobility[tiab] OR orientation[tiab] OR orienting[tiab] OR reading[tiab] OR ((facial[tiab] OR feature*[tiab] OR color*[tiab] OR pattern*[tiab]) AND (recognition[tiab] OR recogniz*[tiab])) |
| 3 | Measurements | “Patient Outcome Assessment”[Mesh] OR “Outcome Assessment (Health Care)”[Mesh] OR psychometrics[Mesh] OR psychological tests[Mesh] OR questionnaires[Mesh] OR “sickness impact profile”[Mesh] OR “vision tests”[Mesh] OR “functional assessment” OR scale[tiab] OR scales[tiab] OR instrument*[tiab] OR index[tiab] OR measure*[tiab] OR assessment[tiab] OR assess[tiab] OR psychometric*[tiab] OR inventory[tiab] OR inventories[tiab] OR questionnaire*[tiab] OR test[tiab] OR tests[tiab] |
| 4 | Named Measurement Tools | “Daily Living Tasks Dependent on Vision” OR “DLTV” OR “Macular Disease Quality of Life” OR “MacDQoL” OR “Impact of Vision Impairment” OR “IVI” OR “Veterans Affairs Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire” OR “VA LV VFQ” OR “Activity Inventory” OR “National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire” OR “NEI-VFQ” OR “Macular Disease Society Questionnaire” OR “MDSQ” OR “Low Luminance Questionnaire” OR “LLQ” OR “Retinopathy Dependent Quality of Life measure” OR “RetDQoL” OR “Night vision questionnaire” OR “NVQ” OR “item questionnaire” OR “Daily task performance questionnaire” OR “Functional Low Vision Observer Rated Assessment” OR “FLORA” OR (“Self Report” AND “Observation of Performance”) OR “Goldmann Visual Field test” OR “VisQoL” OR “grating acuity” OR “GAT” OR “Brief Symptom Inventory” OR “Freiburg VA test” OR “Basic Assessment of Light” OR “BaLM” OR “Basic Grating Acuity” OR ((landolt[tiab] AND (ring[tiab] OR rings[tiab])) OR “NEI-VF1-25” OR “vision-related quality of life” OR “Low Vision Letter Acuity” OR “Spatial Mapping of Stimulated Visual Phosphene Fields” OR “Form Vision Assessment” OR “IogMAR” OR (Freiberg[tiab] AND acuity) OR “FrACT” OR ((“early diabetic retinopathy study” OR “ETDRS”) AND acuity) OR ((Farnsworth[tiab] OR chow[tiab]) AND color) OR “brief symptom inventory” |
| 5 | Combine sets | 3 OR 4 |
| 6 | Reliability/Validity/ Reproducibility | “Reproducibility of Results”[Mesh] OR “validation study”[Mesh] OR “comparative study”[Mesh] OR “observer variation”[Mesh] OR “Health Status Indicators”[Mesh] OR “reproducibility of results”[Mesh] OR “discriminant analysis”[Mesh] OR clinimetr* OR clinometr* OR (outcome AND measure*) OR “observer variation” OR “health status indicator” OR reproducib* OR unreliab* OR valid* OR coefficient OR homogeneity OR homogeneous OR “internal consistency” OR (cronbach* AND (alpha OR alphas)) OR (item AND (correlation* OR selection* OR reduction*)) OR agreement OR precision OR imprecision OR “precise values” OR (test AND retest) OR (reliab* AND (test OR retest)) OR stability OR interrater OR inter-rater OR intrarater OR intra-rater OR intertester OR inter-tester OR intratester OR intra-tester OR interobserver OR inter-observer OR intraobserver OR intraobserver OR intertechnician OR inter-technician OR intratechnician OR intra-technician OR interexaminer OR inter-examiner OR intraexaminer OR intra-examiner OR interindividual OR inter-individual OR intraindividual OR intra-individual OR interparticipant OR inter-participant OR intraparticipant OR intra-participant OR kappa OR kappas OR repeatab* OR ((replicab* OR repeated) AND (measure OR measures OR findings OR result OR results OR test OR tests)) OR generaliza* OR generalisa* OR concordance OR (intraclass AND correlation*) OR discriminative OR “known group” OR “factor analysis” OR “factor analyses” OR dimension* OR subscale* OR (multitrait AND scaling AND (analysis OR analyses)) OR “item discriminant” OR (interscale AND correlation) OR “individual variability” OR (variability AND (analysis OR values)) OR (uncertainty AND (measurement OR measuring)) OR “standard error of measurement” OR sensitivity OR responsiveness OR ((minimal OR minimally OR clinical OR clinically) AND (important OR significant OR detectable) AND (change OR difference)) OR (small* AND (real OR detectable) AND (change OR difference)) OR “meaningful change” OR “ceiling effect” OR “floor effect” OR “item response model” OR Rasch OR “Differential item functioning” OR “computer adaptive testing” OR “item bank” OR “cross-cultural equivalence” |
| 7 | Combine sets | 1 AND 2 AND 5 AND 6 |
| 8 | Remove unwanted publication types, non-human studies | 7 NOT (comment[pt] OR Editorial[pt] OR letter[pt] OR news[pt] OR “Textbooks” [pt] OR “Book Reviews”[pt] OR “Book Illustrations”[pt] OR animal*[tiab] OR rat[tiab] OR rats[tiab] OR mouse[tiab] OR mice[tiab] OR goat*[tiab] OR pig[tiab] OR pigs[tiab] OR cadaver*[tiab] OR dog[tiab] OR dogs[tiab] OR monkey*[tiab] OR ape[tiab] OR apes[tiab]) |
| 9 | Limit to inprocess citations | 8 AND (“inprocess”[sb] OR publisher[sb] OR pubmednotmedline[sb]) |
From: Appendix A, Search Strategies
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