Clinical measures of vision in better and worse eyes by level of care category
| Clinical measures of vision better eyes (standard deviation) | Clinical measures of vision in worse eyes (standard deviation) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVA | NVA | Contrast | DVA | NVA | Contrast | |
| DVA = distance visual acuity, NVA = near visual acuity, CS = contrast sensitivity. | ||||||
| Level 1: Cannot care for self (27) | 0.88 (0.43) | 1.12 (0.44) | 0.83 (0.50) | 1.35 (0.41) | 1.46 (0.30) | 0.34 (0.43) |
| Level 2: Can look after self but not others (26) | 0.70 (0.40) | 0.94 (0.39) | 1.03 (0.35) | 1.28 (0.49) | 1.45 (0.31) | 0.43 (0.50) |
| Level 3: Can care for self and others (146) | 0.35 (0.36) | 0.57 (0.44) | 1.26 (0.35) | 1.0 (0.52) | 1.24 (0.45) | 0.67 (0.54) |
| One way ANOVA | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.01 | p<0.001 | p<0.01 |