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Low vision care: who can help? [PDF]
Community Eye Health Journal, 2012 We know that, in many low- and middle-income countries, low vision services are limited to tertiary or teaching hospitals, which means that most people are not able to access them.If this is the case, who can those with low vision turn to for help?
Karin van Dijk
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Purpose: Visual impairment is a major health concern all over the world. Globally, it has been studied that utilization of low vision care (LVC) services varies from 3% to 15%. This study describes barriers to access the LVC services and suggest enablers
Gopalakrishnan Sarika +4 more
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Multi‐disciplinary low vision care [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2001 Case reports for three patients with low vision due to different ocular diseases are presented. In each case, a different rehabilitation professional was the main provider of the low vision care needed to meet the patient's goals. However, in all cases the patients benefited from the services of a range of professionals, agencies or groups for visually
Lovie-Kitchin, Janette +3 more
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Proportion and Associated Factors of Low Vision among Adult Patients Attending at University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Gondar Town, Ethiopia [PDF]
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Introduction. Low vision is a worldwide health problem in both developing and developed countries. A national survey of low vision and blindness in Ethiopia showed that the prevalence of low vision was 3.7% and that of blindness was 1.6%, whereas there ...
Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn +3 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Purpose: Assessment of anxiety and depression in patients attending low vision care (LVC) using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Methods: In this prospective, observational study, 100 patients with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) worse ...
Pukhraj Rishi +5 more
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Barriers in attaining low-vision care services: a narrative review
Delta Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 The main goal of this narrative review was to examine the literature on the barriers that low-vision patients experience while utilizing low-vision care services (LVCS).
Biswas Vishal +3 more
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Providing care for children with low vision
Community Eye Health Journal, 2007 The importance of providing care for children with low vision is recognised by many initiatives, such as VISION 2020, the 2004 Oslo Workshop on Low Vision,1 and the United Nation's global campaign, Education for All.
Karin van Dijk
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Models of low vision care: past, present and future [PDF]
Australasian journal of optometry, The, 2014 Over the last 50 years, the concept of a low vision service has changed considerably. It has moved away from just the optometrist or optician dispensing magnifiers, to having a large team working across the health and social/ community care sectors, with voluntary organisations often playing an important role.
Barbara Ryan
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TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2020 Aim: The study aims to highlight the importance of a low vision clinic and give a profile of patients presenting to a low vision clinic at a tertiary eye care hospital. Materials and Methods: Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Institutional.
Annamalai Odayappan +4 more
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Optometry faculty perspectives on low vision care and rehabilitation education in sub-Saharan Africa
African Vision and Eye HealthBackground: Human resource challenges have been a factor in the low coverage of low vision care and rehabilitation (LVCR) services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Carl H. Abraham +2 more
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