By Dr Vijaya K Gothwal

Journal articles

Gothwal VK; Kanchustambam J; Kodavati K; Subramanian A, 2024, 'Young adults with vision impairment in India: Loneliness and social networks', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 44, pp. 808 - 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.13317

Subramanian A; Kodavati KP; Kanchustambam J; Gothwal VK, 2024, 'Social media use and vision impairment in adults between the ages of 18 and 35 years in India', Optometry and Vision Science, 101, pp. 329 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000002098

Gothwal VK; Muthineni VV; Pesudovs K, 2024, 'Measurement of visual functioning following first and second eye cataract surgery using Vision-Related Activity Limitation Item Bank', Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 262, pp. 857 - 864, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00417-023-06235-6

Mandal AK; Gothwal VK; Mohamed A, 2023, 'Long-term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Primary Congenital Glaucoma between 1991 and 2000: A Single-Center Database Study', Ophthalmology, 130, pp. 1162 - 1173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.006

Mandal AK; Chakrabarti D; Gothwal VK, 2023, 'Approach to primary congenital glaucoma: A perspective', Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 13, pp. 451 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tjo.TJO-D-23-00104

Mandal AK; Gothwal VK; Chaurasia S, 2023, 'Corneal Endothelial Features in Patients Operated for Primary Congenital Glaucoma', Ophthalmology Glaucoma, 6, pp. 380 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ogla.2023.01.004

Mandal AK; Gothwal VK, 2023, 'Glaucoma management in congenital ectropion uveae: Surgical outcomes from a large tertiary referral center in South India', European Journal of Ophthalmology, 33, pp. 324 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11206721221111595

Gothwal VK; Sharma S, 2023, 'What are the reasons for abandonment of low vision devices prescribed in a large tertiary eye care centre?', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 43, pp. 17 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.13055

Gothwal VK; Gujar R; Sharma S; Begum N; Pesudovs K, 2022, 'Factors affecting quality of life in keratoconus', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 42, pp. 986 - 997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.13010

Mandal AK; Gothwal VK; Khanna R, 2022, 'Combined trabeculotomy−trabeculectomy for primary congenital glaucoma: long-term experience from a tertiary referral centre in a developing nation', Acta Ophthalmologica, 100, pp. e439 - e447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aos.14984

Gothwal VK; Kodavati KP; Subramanian A, 2022, 'Life in lockdown: impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the lives of visually impaired school-age children and their families in India', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 42, pp. 301 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.12928

Gothwal VK; Mandal AK, 2021, 'Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction in Young Adults with Primary Congenital Glaucoma', Ophthalmology Glaucoma, 4, pp. 312 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ogla.2020.09.015

Mandal AK; Sulthana SS; Gothwal VK, 2020, 'Primary Congenital Glaucoma: Trends in Presentation over 3 Decades at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in India', Journal of Glaucoma, 29, pp. 1095 - 1100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0000000000001628

Gothwal VK; Sharma S; Mandal AK, 2020, 'Cross-diagnostic validity of the congenital glaucoma caregiver’s quality of life questionnaire (Carcgqol)', Translational Vision Science and Technology, 9, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.9.13.10

Gothwal VK; Seelam B; Mandal AK, 2019, 'Quality of life following surgery for congenital glaucoma: findings of the LVPEI congenital glaucoma registry', Eye (Basingstoke), 33, pp. 659 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-018-0293-y

Goldstein JE; Fenwick E; Finger RP; Gothwal V; Jackson ML; Lamoureux E; Rees G; Massof R, 2018, 'Calibrating the impact of vision impairment (IVI): Creation of a sample-independent visual function measure for patient-centered outcomes research', Translational Vision Science and Technology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.7.6.38

Gothwal VK; Thomas R; Crossland M; Bharani S; Sharma S; Unwin H; Xing W; Khabra K; Dahlmann-Noor A, 2018, 'Randomized Trial of Tablet Computers for Education and Learning in Children and Young People with Low Vision', Optometry and Vision Science, 95, pp. 873 - 882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000001270

Gothwal VK; Bharani S; Mandal AK, 2018, 'Parent-child agreement on health-related quality of life in congenital glaucoma', Translational Vision Science and Technology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.7.4.15

Gothwal VK; Sumalini R; Narasaiah A; Panda S, 2017, 'Vision Profile and Ocular Characteristics of Special Olympics Athletes: Report from India', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 24, pp. 274 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2017.1281425

Crossland MD; Thomas R; Unwin H; Bharani S; Gothwal VK; Quartilho A; Bunce C; Dahlmann-Noor A, 2017, 'Tablet computers versus optical AIDS to support education and learning in children and young people with low vision: Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial, CREATE (Children Reading with Electronic Assistance to Educate)', BMJ Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015939

Gothwal VK; Bharani S; Kekunnaya R; Chhablani P; Sachdeva V; Pehere NK; Narasaiah A; Gunturu R, 2015, 'Measuring health-related quality of life in strabismus: A modification of the adult strabismus-20 (AS-20) questionnaire using rasch analysis', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127064

Gothwal VK; Bharani S; Reddy SP, 2015, 'Measuring coping in parents of children with disabilities: A Rasch model approach', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118189

Gothwal VK; Sumalini R; Bharani S, 2015, 'Assessing the effectiveness of low Vision Rehabilitation in children: An observational study', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56, pp. 3355 - 3360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.14-15760

Gothwal VK; Bharani S, 2015, 'Outcomes of multidisciplinary low vision rehabilitation in adults', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56, pp. 7451 - 7461, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-16892

Gothwal VK; Bharani S; Mandal AK, 2015, 'Quality of life of caregivers of children with congenital glaucoma: Development and validation of a novel questionnaire (CarCGQoL)', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56, pp. 770 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.14-15905

Gothwal VK; Bagga DK; Sumalini R, 2014, 'Rasch validation of the PHQ-9 in people with visual impairment in South India', Journal of Affective Disorders, 167, pp. 171 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.06.019

Gothwal VK; Bagga DK; Bharani S; Sumalini R; Reddy SP, 2014, 'The Patient Health Questionnaire-9: Validation among patients with glaucoma', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101295

Gothwal VK; Bagga DK; Rao HL; Bharani S; Sumalini R; Garudadri CS; Senthil S; Reddy SP; Pathak-Ray V; Mandal AK, 2014, 'Is Utility-based quality of life in adults affected by glaucoma?', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 55, pp. 1361 - 1369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.13-13729

Mandal AK; Gothwal VK, 2014, 'Obstetricforceps injury mimicking unilateral congenital glaucoma', Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305346

Gothwal VK; Sumalini R; Irfan SM; Giridhar A, 2013, 'Rasch analysis of impact of vision impairment for children questionnaire', Optometry and Vision Science, 90, pp. 820 - 827, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182956c1f

Gothwal VK; Sumalini R; Irfan SM; Giridhar A; Bharani S, 2013, 'Revised olweus bully/victim questionnaire: Evaluation in visually impaired', Optometry and Vision Science, 90, pp. 828 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182959b52

Gothwal VK; Bagga DK, 2013, 'Utility values in the visually impaired: Comparing time-trade off and visqol', Optometry and Vision Science, 90, pp. 843 - 854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0b013e318291063a

Gothwal VK; Bagga DK, 2013, 'Vision and quality of life index: Validation of the Indian version using rasch analysis', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54, pp. 4871 - 4881, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.13-11892

Gothwal VK; Srinivas M; Rao GN, 2013, 'A new look at the WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument among visually impaired people using Rasch analysis', Quality of Life Research, 22, pp. 839 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-012-0195-6

Gothwal VK; Reddy SP; Fathima A; Bharani S; Sumalini R; Bagga DK; Sudharman PM, 2013, 'Assessment of the impact of keratoconus on vision-related quality of life', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54, pp. 2902 - 2910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-10783

Gothwal VK; Reddy SP; Bharani S; Bagga DK; Sumalini R; Garudadri CS; Rao HL; Senthil S; Pathak-Ray V; Mandal AK, 2013, 'Glaucoma symptom scale: Is it a reliable measure of symptoms in glaucoma patients', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 97, pp. 379 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302041

Mandal AK; Gothwal VK, 2013, 'Sudden unilateral corneal clouding in an infant', New England Journal of Medicine, 369, pp. 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMicm1213817

Gothwal VK; Sumalini R; Bharani S; Reddy SP; Bagga DK, 2012, 'The second version of the L. V. Prasad-Functional vision questionnaire', Optometry and Vision Science, 89, pp. 1601 - 1610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0b013e31826ca291

Gothwal VK; Bagga DK, 2012, 'Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study Visual Function Questionnaire: Further improvements in psychometric properties using Rasch analysis', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 19, pp. 306 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2012.712192

Gothwal VK; Reddy SP; Bharani S; Bagga DK; Sumalini R; Garudadri CS; Rao HL; Senthil S; Pathak-Ray V; Mandal AK, 2012, 'Impact of glaucoma on visual functioning in Indians', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 53, pp. 6081 - 6092, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-9885

Khadka J; Gothwal VK; McAlinden C; Lamoureux EL; Pesudovs K, 2012, 'The importance of rating scales in measuring patient-reported outcomes', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-80

Gothwal VK; Reddy SP; Sumalini R; Bharani S; Bagga DK, 2012, 'National eye institute visual function questionnaire or Indian vision function questionnaire for visually impaired: A conundrum', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 53, pp. 4730 - 4738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.11-8776

Khadka J; McAlinden C; Gothwal VK; Lamoureux EL; Pesudovs K, 2012, 'The importance of rating scale design in the measurement of patient-reported outcomes using questionnaires or item banks', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 53, pp. 4042 - 4054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-9728

Gothwal VK; Bagga DK; Sumalini R, 2012, 'Rasch analysis of the Indian vision function questionnaire', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 96, pp. 619 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300092

McAlinden C; Gothwal VK; Khadka J; Wright TA; Lamoureux EL; Pesudovs K, 2011, 'A head-to-head comparison of 16 cataract surgery outcome questionnaires', Ophthalmology, 118, pp. 2374 - 2381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.06.008

Gothwal VK; Wright TA; Lamoureux EL; Pesudovs K, 2011, 'The Impact of Cataract Surgery questionnaire: Re-evaluation using Rasch analysis', Acta Ophthalmologica, 89, pp. 423 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01733.x

Gothwal VK; Wright TA; Lamoureux EL; Khadka J; McAlinden C; Pesudovs K, 2011, 'Improvements in visual ability with first-eye, second-eye, and bilateral cataract surgery measured with the Visual Symptoms and Quality of Life Questionnaire', Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 37, pp. 1208 - 1216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.01.028

Gothwal VK; Wright TA; Lamoureux EL; Pesudovs K, 2011, 'Multiplicative rating scales do not enable measurement of vision-related quality of life', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 94, pp. 52 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00554.x

Gothwal VK; Wright T; Lamoureux EL; Pesudovs K, 2010, 'Psychometric properties of visual functioning index using Rasch analysis', Acta Ophthalmologica, 88, pp. 797 - 803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01562.x

Gothwal VK; Wright TA; Elliott DB; Pesudovs K, 2010, 'The refractive status and vision profile: Rasch analysis of subscale validity', Journal of Refractive Surgery, 26, pp. 912 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/1081597X-20100512-01

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