title: Assessing disability in the patient with cataract.
abstract: Significant progress has been made over the past decade in assessing the functional impact of cataract on patients. Several questionnaires have been shown to predict well the outcomes of cataract surgery. The following article highlights the most recent research in this area and reviews the progress that has been made in the past several years.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD 21287-9019, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: O D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Schein
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D014787:Vision Tests; D014792:Visual Acuity