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Functional implications of vision impairment
Author(s) -
Weih LeAnn,
McCarty Catherine A,
Taylor Hugh R
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2000.00303.x
Subject(s) - functional impairment , visual impairment , medicine , visual acuity , odds ratio , audiology , activities of daily living , physical therapy , ophthalmology , clinical psychology , psychiatry
This study investigated the functional implications of vision impairment. A total of 508 participants in the Visual Impairment Project completed the VF‐14 questionnaire, vision‐related functional tasks, an interview, and the ophthalmic examination. Participants with less than 6 / 12 presenting acuity were more likely to report a moderate to high degree of difficulty performing VF‐14 items (odds ratios from 6 to 44). They were also more likely to be unable to recognize a 10 cent coin (OR; 7.0, 95% CL; 2.6, 19.3) or correctly read a telephone number (OR; 10.1, 95% CI; 5.6, 18.1). As demonstrated by the VF‐14 and the functional tasks administered in this study, visual impairment affects the ability of people to conduct a variety of common daily tasks.