2008
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-007-1651-5
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Ophthalmologische und soziale Rehabilitation sehbehinderter Patienten

Abstract: Our results provide actual, quantitative data about the need for and success of rehabilitation for visually impaired patients. A large number of patients suffer from age-related macular degeneration. Independent from the causal ophthalmologic diagnoses, most patients benefited greatly from the rehabilitation measures provided by the low-vision service and were thus able to improve their quality of life. In the face of the increasing number of visually impaired elderly patients, rehabilitation should start as e… Show more

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“…It is possible that not only the acquired but also the congenital forms of retinal disease are highly prevalent in our population. This finding converges with similar studies conducted in Brazil [11], Germany [7], India [12], Thailand [13], and the Netherlands [14] that show that the most common cause of low vision is retinal diseases. Conversely, in studies performed in Ethiopia [15] and Uganda [16], the anterior segment of diseases had a more important role in vision loss, which might reflect a high prevalence of infectious diseases and vitamin A deficiencies in these societies.…”
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confidence: 92%
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“…It is possible that not only the acquired but also the congenital forms of retinal disease are highly prevalent in our population. This finding converges with similar studies conducted in Brazil [11], Germany [7], India [12], Thailand [13], and the Netherlands [14] that show that the most common cause of low vision is retinal diseases. Conversely, in studies performed in Ethiopia [15] and Uganda [16], the anterior segment of diseases had a more important role in vision loss, which might reflect a high prevalence of infectious diseases and vitamin A deficiencies in these societies.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…In a retrospective study conducted with 4,711 patients who presented to a rehabilitation clinic in Tubingen (Germany), age-related macular degeneration was the most important cause (40%) of visual impairment, followed by tapetoretinal dystrophy, optic nerve atrophy and diabetic retinopathy [7]. In another retrospective study with 573 patients in a Malaysian rehabilitation clinic, the most common cause of visual impairment varied by age; congenital disease was most prevalent in individuals less than 30 years of age, those between 30 and 60 years of age reported the most retinitis pigmentosa, and those greater than 60 years of age reported the age-related macular degeneration [8].…”
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“…Diese betroffenen Patienten leiden insbesondere unter dem Verlust der Lesefä-higkeit als einem wichtigen Teil der Informationsaufnahme als auch unter einer eingeschränkten Mobilität, welche nicht selten zu einem Verlust sozialer Strukturen führt [9,10,13]. In verschiedenen Arbeiten, insbesondere aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, wurde bereits über die visuelle Rehabilitation sehbehinderter Patienten mit vergrößernden Sehhilfen berich- tet [3,4,13,17,18] …”
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“…Im Gegensatz zu anderen Studien fanden wir, dass ein Groß-teil der Patienten mit einer geringeren Vergrößerung ausreichend versorgt werden konnte und dass lediglich ein kleiner Teil der Patienten (6%) mit einer elektronischen Sehhilfe versorgt werden musste. Des Weiteren konnten wir bei über 50 % der Patienten mithilfe einer Fernrohrbrille eine Visusverbesserung im Alltag erreichen[4,13,17]. Zu bedenken ist jedoch ein mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit unterschiedliches Patientenspektrum, u. a. aufgrund der Kapazität der anpassenden Sprechstunde.…”
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