Physical activity, visual impairment, and eye disease

Visual impairment and correctable visual impairment in an elderly population: the Baoshan eye study

Visual impairment and eye abnormalities in Oklahoma Indians.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of visual impairment and eye abnormalities in Oklahoma Indians. METHODS The cross-sectional study included 1019 Oklahoma Indians, aged 48 to 82 years; 60.2% were women. All participants gave a personal interview, and all underwent an eye examination, including the determination of best-corrected visual acuity and an ophthalmoscopic examination. In additio...

Six-Year Incidence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Kenya: The Nakuru Eye Disease Cohort Study

Purpose To describe the cumulative 6-year incidence of visual impairment (VI) and blindness in an adult Kenyan population. The Nakuru Posterior Segment Eye Disease Study is a population-based sample of 4414 participants aged ≥50 years, enrolled in 2007-2008. Of these, 2170 (50%) were reexamined in 2013-2014. Methods The World Health Organization (WHO) and US definitions were used to calculate...

The effect of visual impairment on emotional development and emotional competence in learners who are visual impairment

Abstract Background and Aim: Emotion is a strong affective perception or feeling that arises from personal circumstances, one's mood, or communication with others. Emotions are multidimensional and have holistic structures that consist of different dimensions such as behavioral expression, physiological layers, phenomenological experience, cognitive processes and social context. The aim of ...

Visual hallucinations in eye disease.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The literature related to visual hallucinations in ophthalmological settings from 2007 to 2008 is presented as a review of recent developments and trends. RECENT FINDINGS Acuity, contrast sensitivity, age and sex emerge as significant and consistent risk factors for visual hallucinations, together with new evidence to suggest that up to 40% of patients have long-term halluci...