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ArticleNursing open2023

Visual impairment and the need for vision care services amongst older Finnish people receiving home care.

Tiina Pesonen, Kaisa-Mari Saarela, Aura Falck, Johanna Edgren, Helvi Kyngäs, Heidi Siira

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Article in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tiina PesonenResearch Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7299-6949
Kaisa-Mari SaarelaResearch Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7554-8888
Aura FalckDepartment of Ophthalmology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1762-0228
Johanna EdgrenDepartment of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-1839-9737
Helvi KyngäsResearch Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5723-3484
Heidi SiiraResearch Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-8707-0164
Oulu University of Applied Sciences · FIFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare · FIOulu University Hospital · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study aimed to describe visual performance and the need for vision care services among Finnish older people receiving home care. We evaluated the applicability of the Resident Assessment Instrument of Home Care (RAI HC) in identifying visual impairment (VI) and the need for vision care services among older people.

designA descriptive quantitative, cross-sectional design.

methodsVisual impairment and the need for vision care services for older people receiving home care (N = 70) were determined by an optometrist's screening examination and vision assessment by home care workers using the RAI HC instrument. In this study, the definition of visual impairment was visual acuity (VA) <0.63 (logMAR >0.2).

resultsAccording to the distance VA measurements, 41% of the participants showed VI (<0.63) of the better eye, while the RAI HC assessment revealed VI among 36% of the participants. The Kappa value for interrater reliability in classifying VI was 0.137. The optometrist's vision screening examination recognized a previously unknown and unmet need for vision care services more than twice as often as the RAI HC assessment.

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Home Care ServicesVision, LowAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFinlandHumansReproducibility of ResultsScandinavians and Nordic Peoplehome careRAI HCvision care servicevisual impairment

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PMID36564916
PMCPMC10006660
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