Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2008
Health-related quality of life following blind rehabilitation.
Trial report in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Environmental and behavioural interventions for reducing physical activity limitation and preventing falls in older people with visual impairment.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
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- Vision screening in older adults who attend hospital following a fall: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Sports participation and quality of life in individuals with visual impairment.Irish journal of medical science · 2021Article
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- The Impact of Visual Impairment on Quality of Life.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2016Article
- Factors that influence the suitability of human organ-cultured corneas.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2016Article
- Active confocal imaging for visual prostheses.Vision research · 2015Article
- In psoriasis, levels of hope and quality of life are linked.Archives of dermatological research · 2014Article
- Micro-costing the provision of emotional support and information in UK eye clinics.BMC health services research · 2013Article
- Comparison of clinician-predicted to measured low vision outcomes.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2013Article
- Use of prescribed optical devices in age-related macular degeneration.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2012Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of residential blind rehabilitation on patients' vision-targeted health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and general physical and mental function.
methodThe National Eye Institute 25-item Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ) plus appendix questions, the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), Hope Scale and Coopersmith self-esteem inventory were administered to 206 legally blind veterans prior to their entering a residential (in-patient) blind rehabilitation program and again to 185 and 176 of the original cohort at 2 and 6 months after completion of the rehabilitation program, respectively. Data on visual acuity, visual field extent, contrast sensitivity and scanning ability were also collected. The duration of the in-patient rehabilitation programs ranged from 11 to 109 days. Questionnaire scores were compared pre-rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation.
resultsFollowing rehabilitation there was a significant improvement in nine of 11 NEI VFQ subscales and in a composite score at both the 2- and 6-month post-rehabilitation intervals. Mental health (SF-12) and self esteem also improved significantly although physical health ratings declined over the course of the study (approximately 10 months).
conclusionsResidential blind rehabilitation appears to improve patients' self-reported vision-targeted HRQOL, self-esteem and mental health aspects of generic HRQOL.
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