Table 1

Questionnaire to evaluate vision associated limitations in daily activities (VALDA)

Do you have a problem with:
 (1) poor vision that cannot be corrected with  glasses?
 (2) driving at night?
 (3) driving during the daytime?
 (4) watching television?
 (5) recognising people?
 (6) seeing traffic signs?
 (7) reading newspapers?
 (8) seeing steps?
 (9) bumping into things?
(10) doing daily activities at home?
(11) doing outdoor activities?
  • Each item had four possible answers: always, frequently, seldom, or never. VALDA was considered to be present when the answer was “always” or “frequently” in two or more of the items. Ordinal values were assigned to the responses (always or frequently = 1, seldom or never = 0). Limitation in daily activities was considered present when the score of VALDA was more than one.