Cataract Functional Impairment Questionnaire
Patient Name: _____________________________________
Visual Functional Status (circle responses)
1) Do you have difficulty seeing street signs or to drive? Yes No | Yes No
(curbs, freeway exits, traffic lights, halos/glare around lights)
2) Do you have difficulty seeing TV or movies? Yes No | Yes No
(faces, numbers, or printing)
3) Do you have difficulty reading small print with good light, blinking
and proper glasses? Yes No | Yes No
(books, newspaper, telephone book, medicine labels, instructions)
4) Do you have difficulty with performing handiwork? Yes No | Yes No
(sewing, knitting, crocheting, embroidery or other fine tasks)
5) Do you have difficulty with personal correspondences? Yes No | Yes No
(writing checks, reading bills, filling out forms)
6) Do you have difficulty with leisure activities? Yes No | Yes No
(playing card games, bingo, dominoes, or sport activities such as
bowling, hunting, golf, tennis, other ___________________)
7) Do you have visual difficulty with navigation around the house? Yes No | Yes No
(cooking, ironing, general household upkeep, climbing steps or curbs,
dialing the telephone, telling time on a watch, using public transportation)
8) Are you able to see and recognize faces of people? Yes No | Yes No
(in church, grocery store, clubs, and other daily activities?)
9) Are you able to care for yourself with your present vision? Yes No | Yes No
10) Do you live alone and wish to remain independent? Yes No | Yes No
Do you have any of the following VISUAL SYMPTOMS?
1) Double or distorted vision? Yes No | Yes No
2) Glares, halos, rings around lights? Yes No | Yes No
3) Difficulty with color perception? Yes No | Yes No
4) Difficulty with depth perception? Yes No | Yes No
5) Worsening of vision- blurred vision? Yes No | Yes No
Cataract surgery can almost always be safely postponed until you feel you need better vision.
If stronger glasses won’t improve you vision any more, and if the only way to help you see better is cataract surgery,
do you feel your vision problem is bad enough to consider cataract surgery now?
YES NO
Signature:_______________________________________ Date:___________________
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