Behavioral consequences of age-related low vision

Burmedi, David; Becker, Stefanie; Heyl, Vera; Wahl, Hans‐Werner; Himmelsbach, Ines

doi:10.1076/vimr.4.1.15.15633

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“…AMD is the leading cause of severe visual impairment in old age and affects nearly every fifth older person between 65 and 74 years of age and nearly every third person beyond the age of 75 (Fine, Berger, Maguire, & Ho, 2000). The typical consequence of AMD, in terms of vision function, is deterioration of the central visual field (scotoma), provoking severe reading difficulties as well as problems in conducting activities of daily living (Burmedi, Becker, Heyl, Wahl, & Himmelsbach, 2002;Rovner & Casten, 2002;Travis, Boerner, Reinhardt, & Horowitz, 2004;Wahl, Becker, Burmedi, & Schilling, 2004). In addition, there are very few medical treatment options that can halt the progression of the eye disease (Holz, Pauleikhoff, Spaide, & Bird, 2003).…”

Section: Adaptation Of Affective Well-being Under the Condition Of Agmentioning

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Modeling late-life adaptation in affective well-being under a severe chronic health condition: The case of age-related macular degeneration.

Schilling¹,

Wahl²

2006

Psychology and Aging

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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was used as a case model to longitudinally study adaptation in affective well-being under a prevalent chronic health condition. Measures of positive and negative affect, obtained at 5 subsequent measurement occasions with 3-month intervals in between, were analyzed in 90 older adults diagnosed with AMD. The authors proposed a pattern of adaptation that shows initial decline in affective well-being after disease outbreak, followed by a turnaround into a restorative phase of increase, implying nonlinear intraindividual trajectories, with changes substantially related to disease duration. Analysis was conducted by means of a nonlinear mixed models approach. Results confirmed the hypothesized adaptation pattern for positive affect but not for negative affect, which was found more stable across measurement occasions.

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Section: Adaptation Of Affective Well-being Under the Condition Of Agmentioning

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Modeling late-life adaptation in affective well-being under a severe chronic health condition: The case of age-related macular degeneration.

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Wahl²

2006

Psychology and Aging

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“…With the ICF, the WHO underlines the importance of participation -defined as 'involvement in life situations' -as an outcome measure of health condition. Previous research among the visually impaired elderly mostly focused on limitations in executing activities, such as reading, community, mobility and self-care [11][12][13][14][15][16][35][36][37][38]. A recent study on participation restrictions of visually impaired elderly persons showed that they experienced more problems compared to the elderly without visual impairment [39].…”

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Participation of the elderly after vision loss

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Melis-Dankers

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Disability and Rehabilitation

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Purpose. To assess the degree of participation of the visually impaired elderly and to make a comparison with populationbased reference data. Method. This cross-sectional study included visually impaired elderly persons (55 years; n ¼ 173) who were referred to a low-vision rehabilitation centre. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) participation in: (1) domestic life, (2) interpersonal interactions and relationships, (3) major life areas, and (4) community, social and civic life was assessed by means of telephone interviews. In addition, we assessed perceived participation restrictions.Results. Comparison with reference data of the elderly showed that visually impaired elderly persons participated less in heavy household activities, recreational activities and sports activities. No differences were found for the interpersonal interactions and relationships domain. Participants experienced restrictions in household activities (84%), socializing (53%), paid or voluntary work (92%), and leisure activities (88%). Conclusions. Visually impaired elderly persons participate in society, but they participate less than their peers. They experience restrictions as a result of vision loss. These findings are relevant, since participation is an indicator for successful aging and has a positive influence on health and subjective well-being.

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“…Based on the results, color combination schemes composed of 3 chromatic colors that are not analogous could be summarized as follows: (1) to set a gap between the values of each color as much as possible, in specific, make ΔV 1 or higher among colors Y-Y, PB-PB, and Y-PB, which the elderly recognize with little hue, (2) when colors have similar tones, make sure the value is 6 or above, (3) when the chroma of the colors is the same, select a color that has a shorter wavelength and reduce the values below the other colors, (4) when the value of the colors is the same, select a color with a short wavelength and increase its chroma above the others.…”

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“…Only Northern daylight through windows from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. was used to illuminate the space for this experiment 1 . Illuminance of the experiment table was distributed between 300 and 931 lx (mean value: 435.5 lx) 2 .…”

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“…ADL (Activities of daily living) of the elderly is largely affected by visual function loss after health-related factors. The loss of contrast sensitivity and the loss of visual acuity are both considered forms of visual impairment, but the loss of contrast sensitivity is more closely associated with effecting everyday activity (Burmedi et al, 2002).…”

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Experiment of Color Schemes for the Elderly in Apartment Bathrooms

Kang

Lee

2009

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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Suggested color combinations and actually existing color combinations for apartment bathrooms are empirically examined in this experiment to test the levels of color discernment for both normal and elderly vision. A YA3 filter was employed for simulating yellowed eyesight that commonly affects the color vision of the elderly. Results of the study imply most color combinations in apartment bathrooms found in Korea today are difficult to discern for both the elderly and young adults with normal vision. In elderly vision, the high discernment levels of the suggested combinations support the efficiency of the color schemes developed in the previous study. The color schemes were complemented and improved through analysis of other combinations, which showed low discernment levels in normal or elderly vision. In conclusion, with the perspective of universal design in mind, this study suggested color schemes that are easily discernable for both elderly and normal vision while maintaining the original mood.

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Behavioral consequences of age-related low vision

Cited by 89 publications

References 47 publications

Modeling late-life adaptation in affective well-being under a severe chronic health condition: The case of age-related macular degeneration.

Modeling late-life adaptation in affective well-being under a severe chronic health condition: The case of age-related macular degeneration.

Participation of the elderly after vision loss

Experiment of Color Schemes for the Elderly in Apartment Bathrooms

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