Participation in daily activities and social roles of older adults with visual impairment

Desrosiers, Johanne; Wanet-Defalque, Marie-Chantal; Témisjian, Khatoune; Gresset, Jacques; Dubois, Marie‐France; Renaud, Judith; Vincent, Claude; Rousseau, Jacqueline; Carignan, Mathieu; Overbury, Olga

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“…The least restricted domain of participation in our study group was socializing, which corresponds to findings of Lamoureux et al [11] who report that 44% experienced no restrictions in visiting friends and family due to vision loss, as measured with an item of the consumer and social interactions domain of the Impact of Vision Impairment Questionnaire [50]. Although the visually impaired elderly experience difficulties in socializing [11,48,49], the prevalence of participation restrictions in the domain of interpersonal relationships does not differ from the normally sighted elderly as was shown by Desrosiers et al [39].…”

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“…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]. To the best of our knowledge, self-reported performance of participation of visually impaired elderly persons has not been extensively investigated.…”

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“…These findings are in line with Lamoureux et al [11,47] who reported restrictions of visually impaired elderly persons in leisure activities, employment and shopping. Desrosiers et al [39] showed that compared to the normally sighted elderly, the visually impaired elderly experience more restrictions in participation in daily activities and social roles. The least restricted domain of participation in our study group was socializing, which corresponds to findings of Lamoureux et al [11] who report that 44% experienced no restrictions in visiting friends and family due to vision loss, as measured with an item of the consumer and social interactions domain of the Impact of Vision Impairment Questionnaire [50].…”

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Participation of the elderly after vision loss

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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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Participation of the elderly after vision loss

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“…Previous research showed that vision loss has a profound impact on daily functioning [4][5][6] and quality of life [7][8][9][10], as indicated by an impaired functional ability and psychological distress [11][12][13]. In addition, visually impaired elderly persons per ceive restrictions in participation [14,15] and participate less in household activities, sports activities and recreational activities as compared to peers [14].…”

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Effects of a multidisciplinary group rehabilitation programme on participation of the visually impaired elderly: a pilot study

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Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Results: At scale level, no statistical significant changes over time were found whereas the effect size indicated small effects for restrictions and satisfaction with participation, and a medium effect for autonomy outdoors. At item level, improvements tended to occur in frequency of housekeeping, in restrictions in housekeeping and outdoor activities and in satisfaction with the partner relationship. Satisfaction with leisure indoors and autonomy regarding using leisure time tended to increase as well. Conclusions: The tentative conclusion of this small-scale pilot study is that the VIPP programme modestly benefits perceived restrictions in participation, satisfaction with participation and autonomy outdoors of the visually impaired elderly. These preliminary findings warrant further investigation.

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“…Visually impaired became unable to perform many Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as reading, recognizing faces, watching television and driving resulting in a poor quality of life. According to some author's findings, visual impairment has an effect on psychological status and quality of life and it can be related to feelings of inadequacy and higher level of depressive symptoms [2][3][4][5]. Based on clinical and psychological features of visually impaired, an holistic and multidisciplinary approach should be recommended.…”

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Low Vision Service Activities Review and Use of the Electronic Health Record

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BackgroundLow vision is defined as any form of visual impairment due to different chronic eye diseases not correctable by eyeglasses or surgery; patients have a visual acuity less than of 20/60 or a visual field inferior of 60° in the better eye. World Health Organization in 2014 estimated that 285 million people worldwide had vision impairment; 39 million people are blind and 246 were low vision [1].Visual disability negatively impacts on daily life activities. Visually impaired became unable to perform many Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as reading, recognizing faces, watching television and driving resulting in a poor quality of life. According to some author's findings, visual impairment has an effect on psychological status and quality of life and it can be related to feelings of inadequacy and higher level of depressive symptoms [2][3][4][5]. Based on clinical and psychological features of visually impaired, an holistic and multidisciplinary approach should be recommended. Our National Center of Services and Research for the Prevention of Blindness and Rehabilitation of Visually Impaired, IAPB Italia onlus, has a multidisciplinary team including psychologist, ophthalmologist, orthoptist, orientation and mobility teacher and expert in tiphlology. As our standard procedure, first of all the psychologist approaches the patient focusing on psychological status and personal demands. A complete ophthalmological examination is performed subsequently. Considering patient's residual visual function and needs, a customized rehabilitation program is defined. Therefore, patients can start with the devices training sessions supported by the orthoptist in order to identify and correctly use magnifying aids.In the recent years, our team adopted an Electronic Health Record (EHR), a digital version of patient's paper charts implemented with several tools, in order to achieve specified improvement in patient care delivery, provide more effective methods of communicating and sharing information among multidisciplinary team and better manage patient medical records as reported by other authors [6][7][8][9][10]. The EHR is based on an electronic medical database that resides on a web server (Figure1). Therefore, inside of an integrated health system, the EHR adoption can impact on the improvement of clinical care and research quality. Before EHR adoption our center used paper charts to collected clinical data divided in specific sections considering the different professional roles.The aim of this study was to describe two years activities in our low vision rehabilitation center based on a multidisciplinary approach using an EHR in order to highlight the benefits of the tool and its impact on clinicians care delivering. MethodsThe retrospective review was carried out in 420 patients with low vision who attended the National Centre of Services and Research for the Prevention of Blindness and Rehabilitation of Visually Impaired, IAPB Italia Onlus, in Rome from January 2015 to December 2016. Patients were referred to our ...

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Participation in daily activities and social roles of older adults with visual impairment

Abstract: This study demonstrates the participation restrictions associated with VI and underlines the importance of psychological aspects in participation.

Cited by 93 publications

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Participation of the elderly after vision loss

Participation of the elderly after vision loss

Effects of a multidisciplinary group rehabilitation programme on participation of the visually impaired elderly: a pilot study

Low Vision Service Activities Review and Use of the Electronic Health Record

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