ArticleMedical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal2016
The Impact of Visual Impairment on Quality of Life.
Article in Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Effects of Breathing Exercises and Meditation on Quality of Life Among Eye Disease Patients: A Systematic Review.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Building capacity: paediatric vision screening in elementary schools.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
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- Ocular Surface Health in Connection with Anxiety and Depression: a Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Review
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Abstract
Our goal was to identify and describe factors relating to quality of life (QOL) in subjects with low vision and blindness in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan Province. This cross-sectional study was carried out in randomly selected subjects with vision disability who were covered by the Zahedan Welfare Organization in Zahedan, Iran. The following factors related to visual impairment were evaluated: visual field (VF), visual acuity (VA), and stereopsis. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and the Influence of Vision Impairment (IVI) questionnaire. One-hundred and twenty-one patients were enrolled for participation in the study. T-test analyses indicated that the mean QOL score for women was significantly lower than that for men (P < 0.001). Mann-Whitney U tests indicated that mean social (P = 0.003) and leisure (P = 0.009) QOL scores were significantly lower in participants without stereopsis. In addition, participants with tunnel vision scored lower on the mobility and self-care categories (P < 0.001) than others. The results of this study indicate that providing education, providing employment, improving, and expanding social programs for the blind and individuals with low vision people, especially women, are necessary.
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