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However, despite the high prevalence of uncorrected refractive errors causing visual impairment (VI) in children, there is a notable lack of similar tools for this vulnerable population. This review aimed to systemically map evidence on the availability and use of vision-specific instruments for assessing HR-QoL in children and adolescents with VI. This review follows the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines (2020) and the framework by Arksey and O\u2019Malley and Levac et al. (2010). We conducted systematic searches through databases PubMed, Science Direct, and Scopus and search platforms Web of Science and EBSCOhost to source reviews published in English from the date of their inception to December 2023. The findings are reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). We reviewed twenty tools, nine of which were developed for children in the United States and three of which were developed for children in developing countries; no tools specifically developed for children in Africa were found. In the reviewed papers, the tools were presented to children, parents, or proxies in an interview or questionnaire format. For most of the tools, reliability was assessed using internal consistency (n = 12) and test\u2013retest reliability (n = 12). The most dominant measures of validity were construct (n = 16), content (n = 8), internal (n = 4), and criterion (n = 4). 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