The Impact of Visual Disability on the Quality of Life of Older Persons in Rural Northeast Thailand

Grow, Steven La; Sudnongbua, Supaporn; Boddy, Julie

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“…Those with uncorrected refractive error, presbyopia, and visual impairment all reported a significantly lower quality of life relative to those without, indicating that the effect of such conditions is significant in their lives. These findings are in general agreement with previous studies on visual functioning and quality of life on those with cataract (Taylor et al, 2008) and refractive error (Coleman, Yu, Keeler, & Mangione, 2006;Owsley et al, 2007), and with findings that visual disabilities impact on quality of life (La Grow, Sudnongbua, & Boddy, 2011). Therefore, provision of spectacles, which is perhaps the simplest of visual health interventions, can improve vision-specific functionality, well-being, and general quality of life in those with uncorrected refractive error (Coleman et al, 2006;Owsley et al, 2007).…”

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Rapid Assessment of Refractive Error, Presbyopia, and Visual Impairment and Associated Quality of Life in Nampula, Mozambique

Loughman¹,

Nxele²,

Faria

et al. 2015

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

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Introduction: Uncorrected refractive error is the leading cause of visual impairment worldwide and leads to an impaired quality of life. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of uncorrected refractive error and presbyopia, to assess spectacle coverage, and to evaluate visual health-related quality of life among persons aged 15-50 years old in Nampula, Mozambique. Methods: Participants were assessed using a validated rapid assessment of refractive error protocol, comprised of a demographic questionnaire, a standardized ophthalmic assessment to determine refractive status and spectacle coverage, and a modified vision-related quality of life questionnaire to assess the impact of uncorrected refractive error on participants' visual health status. Results: Among the 3,453 respondents, visual impairment prevalence was 3.5% (95%, CI 2.7%-4.2%), with 65.8% of those visually impaired being 35 years of age and older. Uncorrected refractive error prevalence was 2.6% (95%, CI 2.1-3.2%), and was the primary cause of visual impairment among 64.5% of cases. The spectacle coverage for uncorrected refractive error was 0%. Presbyopia prevalence was higher, at 25.8% (95%, CI 12.0-30.5%), with only 2.2% spectacle coverage. Respondents with visual impairment demonstrated statistically significantly lower quality of life scores com pared to those without visual problems (p < 0.01). Implications for practitioners: The uncorrected refractive error problem and a distinct lack of spectacle coverage for refractive error and presbyopia indicate an urgent need for the development and delivery of a comprehensive refractive error service in the Nampula region of Mozambique. In 1997, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, in partnership This research was conducted as part of the Mo zambique Eye Care Project, and the authors would like to acknowledge Kesi Naidoo, Ving Fai Chan, Nkosi Mathonsi, and Alba Sardfon with the World Health Organization (WHO), established the Vision 2020 ini tiative, with the ambitious goal of Estevez for their contributions and technical support during the course of conducting the study and generating the article.

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Rapid Assessment of Refractive Error, Presbyopia, and Visual Impairment and Associated Quality of Life in Nampula, Mozambique

Loughman¹,

Nxele²,

Faria

et al. 2015

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

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“…Many foreign authors have assessed the quality of life of patients with POAG. Grow et al in their study examined respondents with deteriorated socio-economic status [ 23 ]. The study involved 190 patients with different eye diseases in the age group of 60–107 years.…”

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Quality of Life of Patients with Glaucoma in Slovakia

Majerníková

Hudáková

Obročníková

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify and analyse the quality of life of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) based on their visus and peripheral vision. Methods: Our study was observational in nature; it was a cross-sectional study. In total, 119 patients with POAG were included in a causal-comparative character, ex post facto research design. The authors collected data using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25) and World Health Organization Quality of Life abbreviated version questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) tools. Results: Only patients with POAG that were over 18 years of age and had no other ocular or chronic illnesses were included. The mean duration of glaucoma was 8.77 (SD ± 5.63) years. Binocular disability was observed in 68.0% of patients. Using WHOQOL-BREF, there were significant differences found in the better-eye-vision group in psychological (p < 0.001) and environment (p < 0.001) domains. In the worse-eye-vision group, significant differences were found in physical health (p < 0.001), environment (p < 0.001), and quality related to health (p < 0.001) domains. Using NEI VFQ-25, there were significant differences found (p = 0.000) in all domains except subscale driving. Conclusion: Quality of life of patients with visual impairment is significantly lower in comparison to that of patients without a visual impairment.

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“…43 The World Health Organization quality of life instrument, for example, defines quality of life as “an individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns.” 44,45 This instrument has been employed to gauge quality of life among people with visual impairment. 46,47 The particular effects of visual impairment, however, have led to the development of vision-specific quality of life measures. Although the Visual Function Index (VF-14) 48 and the National Eye Institute’s (NEI) Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25) 49,50 are notable examples, at least 22 vision-specific instruments are available to measure activity performance and the impact of visual impairment.…”

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“…51,53,66 Lee and colleagues showed that decreases in HRQoL were independently and strongly associated with the presence of visual symptoms (“trouble seeing” and “blurred vision” 16 ),a finding generally consistent with more global measures of visual impairment. 11,17–19,45,46 …”

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Health-Related Quality of Life Among People Aged ≥65 Years with Self-reported Visual Impairment: Findings from the 2006–2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Crews

Chou

Zhang

et al. 2014

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

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Purpose To examine the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and visual impairment among people aged ≥65 years. Methods We used cross-sectional data from the 2006–2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine six HRQoL measures: self-reported health, physically unhealthy days, mentally unhealthy days, activity limitation days, life satisfaction, and disability. Visual impairment was categorized as no, a little, and moderate/severe. We examined the association between self-reported visual impairment and HRQoL using logistic regression accounting for the survey’s complex design. Results People with self-reported moderate/severe visual impairment had more frequent (≥14) physically unhealthy days, mentally unhealthy days, and activity limitation days in the last 30 days compared to those reporting a little or no visual impairment. After controlling for all covariates (age, sex, marital status, race/ethnicity, education, income, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, heart attack, body mass index, leisure time activity, smoking, and medical care cost concerns) and comparing to those with no self-reported visual impairment, people reporting a little visual impairment were more likely to have fair/poor health (odds ratio, OR, 1.2, 95% confidence interval, CI, 1.1–1.3), life dissatisfaction (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.3–2.0), and disability (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.3–1.6), and those with self-reported moderate/severe visual impairment had more fair/poor health (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.6–2.0), life dissatisfaction (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.8–2.9), and disability (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.8–2.2). They also had more frequent physically unhealthy days (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.7–2.1), mentally unhealthy days (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.5–2.1), and activity limitations days (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.6–2.2). Conclusion Poor HRQoL is strongly associated with the severity of self-reported visual impairment among people aged ≥65 years.

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The Impact of Visual Disability on the Quality of Life of Older Persons in Rural Northeast Thailand

Abstract: This study assessed the impact of self-reported visual disability on the quality of life of older persons in rural northeast Thailand. It found that those with a visual disability were worse off on 3 of 11 quality-of-life measures than were those who were sighted.

Cited by 7 publications

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Rapid Assessment of Refractive Error, Presbyopia, and Visual Impairment and Associated Quality of Life in Nampula, Mozambique

Rapid Assessment of Refractive Error, Presbyopia, and Visual Impairment and Associated Quality of Life in Nampula, Mozambique

Quality of Life of Patients with Glaucoma in Slovakia

Health-Related Quality of Life Among People Aged ≥65 Years with Self-reported Visual Impairment: Findings from the 2006–2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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