Testing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration Undergoing Cataract Surgery: Lessons Learned from the Past and Development of a New Quality of Life (QOL) Test

Abstract

Andreas F Borkenstein,1 Eva-Maria Borkenstein,1 Karen Murphy,2 Susan A Primo3 1Borkenstein & Borkenstein, Private Practice and Privatklinik der Kreuzschwestern, Graz, 8010, Austria; 2VisionWorks Rehabilitation, LLC, Novi, MI, 48374, USA; 3Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USACorrespondence: Andreas F Borkenstein, Borkenstein & Borkenstein, Private Practice and Privatklinik der Kreuzschwestern, Kreuzgasse 35, Graz, 8010, Austria, Tel [phone], Email [email protected]

Keywords

• quality of life test
• activities of daily living
• macular degeneration
• cataract surgery
• adl-test kit
• self-autonomy