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The central hypothesis was that AoC indices would show stronger correlations with vision-specific quality-of-life measures than single-point visual acuity (VA) assessments. Methods: A total of 100 patients who underwent bilateral pseudophakic presbyopia correction at the University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece, were included in the study. Six months following surgery, visual acuity was assessed at nine distances using the DDART tool. The AoC was calculated using VA data from four, five, six, and nine distances, and further categorized into Near Vision AoC (AoCN) and Distance Vision AoC (AoCD). Participants also completed the NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaire to evaluate their subjective vision-related quality of life. Results: Statistically significant correlations were observed between AoC values and NEI-VFQ-25 total scores (r = 0.668\u20130.682, p &lt; 0.001), near activity subscale scores (r = 0.656\u20130.686, p &lt; 0.001), and distance activity subscale scores (r = 0.733\u20130.758, p &lt; 0.001). In all analyses, the AoC indices derived from ViC demonstrated stronger correlations with quality-of-life scores than those observed with AoC-derived DCT and single VA measurements, even when the AoC was computed using only four measurement points. Conclusions: The AoC metric is a superior indicator of vision-specific quality of life compared to isolated VA measurements. 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