Vision-related quality of life and visual function in a 70-year-old Swedish population.

Purpose: To investigate vision-related quality of life (VRQoL), visual function and predictors of poor vision in a population of 70-year-olds.

Methods: Self-reported ocular morbidity and responses to the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) in a cross-sectional population study (N = 1203) in Gothenburg, Sweden, were compared with results from ophthalmic examination (N = 560).

Results: The most common self-reported ophthalmic morbidities were cataract (23.