Vision Problems Screening
This questionnaire helps you detect vision problems. For each question, circle the value that best matches your answer.
| Questions | No | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | A great deal of difficulty | Unable to do activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading small print, such as labels on medicine bottles, a telephone book, food labels? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading a newspaper or a book? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading a large-print book or large-print newspaper or numbers on a telephone? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, recognizing people when they are close to you? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 5. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, seeing steps, stairs or curbs? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, reading traffic signs, street signs, or store signs? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, doing find handwork like sewing, knitting, crocheting, carpentry? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, writing checks or filling out forms? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, playing games such as bingo, dominos, card games, mah-jong? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 10. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, taking part in sports like bowling, handball, tennis, golf? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 11. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, cooking? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 12. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, watching television? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, driving during the day because of your vision? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14. | Do you have any difficulty, even with glasses, driving at night because of your vision? | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Compile your total score. If you have a score of 34 or more, you do not have vision problems. A total between 25 and 33 indicates a mild vision handicap. Below 25, you have a moderate to severe vision handicap. Adapted from VF-14 questionnaire for visial impairment.
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