Abstract: With the transformation of the modern biomedical model, the impact of diseases on patients' living ability cannot be fully demonstrated solely by clinical visual tests and selfassessment questionnaires. As a new method of visual function evaluation, performancebased measures (PBM) of visual function have been introduced into the ophthalmology field. As an important supplement to traditional vision tests and vision related quality of life (QoL) questionnaires, performancebased measures of visual function may reflect the patients’ actual visual impact of daily life. In this article, this newly developed method was reviewed in the field of ophthalmology.