Quality of life and visual function in Nigeria: findings from the National Survey of Blindness and Visual Impairment

Tran, H. M.; Abdull, Mohammed M; Selvaraj, Sudhakar; Gudlavalleti, Murthy V. S.; Gilbert, Clare; Shah, Shreya; Ezelum, Christian; Abubakar, Tafida; Bankole, O. O.

doi:10.1136/bjo.2011.204693

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“…is result agrees with other studies [11][12][13]. is might be due to that as the visual acuity decreases, daily activities might be compromised thereby affecting social and economic status, increasing dependency and poor emotional wellbeing leading to have poor VRQOL [14].…”

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confidence: 91%

Vision-Related Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Visual Impairment at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Yibekal

Alemu

Anbesse

et al. 2020

Journal of Ophthalmology

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Purpose. The purpose of this study was to assess vision-related quality of life and associated factors among adult patients with visual impairment at the University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods. The institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 24 to May 12, 2017, at the University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center among 484 patients with visual impairment. Pretested, structured National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 was used to collect data by interviewing. Data were entered using EPI-INFO version 3.5.1 and analyzed with SPSS version 20. Binary logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with vision-related quality of life. Variables with p value <0.05 in multivariable logistic regression were considered as statistically significant. Result. A total of 484 study subjects participated with a response rate of 98.9%. The median age of the participants was 60 years with the interquartile range of 25 years. The proportion of poor vision-related quality of life was 238 (49.2%) (95% CI: 44.2%–53.3%). Age >75 years (AOR = 1.87 (95% CI: 1.02–3.40)), rural residency (AOR = 1.71 (95% CI: 1.13–2.60)), severe visual impairment/blindness (AOR = 2.76 (95% CI: 1.80–4.23)), and history of visual impairment longer than 3 years (AOR = 2.85 (95% CI: 1.61–5.04)) had statistically significant association with poor vision-related quality of life. Conclusion. Almost half of the patients with visual impairment had poor vision-related quality of life. Severe visual impairment/blindness, long duration of visual impairment, older age, and rural residency had a statistically significant association with poor vision-related quality of life.

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Vision-Related Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Visual Impairment at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Yibekal

Alemu

Anbesse

et al. 2020

Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…The preponderance of the male gender in this study was consistent with a study that shows gender discrepancies in access to health care [41]. Although this study is hospital-based, it differs from another hospital-based study where both genders were equal [42] and from a population study where the female gender was predominant [28,31]. Gender and age may influence the presence of common psychiatric disorders and QoL.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…This is the most significant predictor of total visual function score [31]. It is a standard adopted by the International Council of Ophthalmology to compares the performance of each persons' eye [32].…”

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The effect of ophthalmic surgery on quality of life, depression, and anxiety disorders in visually impaired adults, National Eye Center, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Babalola¹,

Alhassan²,

Nuhu³

2020

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Introduction: Visual impairment caused severe disability in 2.2 billion people globally in 2010. This disability, which interacts with the physical, social, or attitudinal environment, spans across the lifecycle, and is associated with psychological distress and poor quality of life. This study aimed at describing the effect of surgery on blindness, QoL, anxiety and depressive disorders.Methods A one arm pre – post study was conducted among systematically-selected visually impaired adults (> 18 years) requiring surgery at the National Eye Centre (NEC), Nigeria. Trained research assistants used a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire to interview participants at pre – and 10–12 week’s post-surgery. The visual function was measured with presenting visual acuity. Presence of psychological distress was defined by a scores ≥ 8 on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADs), and confirmed the presence of anxiety, and depression using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) questionnaire. The World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref questionnaire was used to assess the quality of life. Descriptive analysis for frequency and proportions was carried out while Chi square McNemar test used to detect the effect of surgery on blindness, anxiety, depression and QoL. Statistically significant was set at p Value < 0.05.Results Of the 180 respondents, males accounted for 56.7%, and 72.2% had Cataract. Pre-surgical psychological distress, anxiety and depression were 38.9%, 25.6%, and 30.0%, respectively. Pre-surgery, a third had poor QoL on social relationship domain of WHOQoL-Bref. Ophthalmic surgery significantly improved blindness, anxiety, and social relationship QoL. No significant effect on depression.Conclusions Ophthalmic surgery influences social relationships QoL, and anxiety. It however has no effect on depression. Apart from surgical interventions, holistic care of vision impairment should involve mental care to improve QoL.

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“…One study suggested that overall HRQOL score is unacceptably low for those severely blind, compared with normally sighted individuals [94]. Another study suggested that people who were blind due to glaucoma had lower visual function and HRQOL scores than those who were blind due to cataracts [95].…”

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Overview of Quality of Life Research in Older People with Visual Impairment

Wang¹,

Chan²,

Chi³

2014

AAR

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During the past two decades, a number of studies have investigated the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of older people with visual impairment, but the information is fragmented concerning health care providers in the field of gerontology. In this review, findings of HRQOL studies in older adults with different types of age-related ocular disorders or conditions are summarized. Apart from medical treatment and vision rehabilitation, factors that may influence the HRQOL of visually impaired older adults are also examined, including age, gender, socioeconomic status, mobility, comorbidity, family support, social support, use of eye care services, and psychological and spiritual factors. Finally, existing problems are discussed and recommendations for future research are provided. Given the high prevalence of visual impairment among older adults and their unmet needs for eye care and vision rehabilitation, multidisciplinary interventions that may enhance visually impaired older people's HRQOL are warranted.

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Quality of life and visual function in Nigeria: findings from the National Survey of Blindness and Visual Impairment

Cited by 24 publications

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Vision-Related Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Visual Impairment at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Vision-Related Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Visual Impairment at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

The effect of ophthalmic surgery on quality of life, depression, and anxiety disorders in visually impaired adults, National Eye Center, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Overview of Quality of Life Research in Older People with Visual Impairment

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