Visual acuity and correctable visual impairment among Norwegian 65-year olds

Correctable visual impairment in stroke rehabilitation patients.

BACKGROUND after stroke, visual impairment may exacerbate the impact of other impairments on overall disability and negatively influence rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE to examine the visual status of patients after stroke and determine whether this can be improved by simple interventions. DESIGN prospective study. SETTINGS stroke rehabilitation unit in a Belfast teaching hospital. SUBJECTS 7...

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

'Correctable undetected visual acuity deficit' in patients aged 65 and over attending an accident and emergency department.

The rate of occurrence of correctable undetected visual acuity deficit (CUVAD) in a population of patients aged 65 and over was investigated, using a pinhole screening method, to compare the sociodemographic and optical eye care habits of patients with or without a functionally significant CUVAD. Of 136 patients 46 (34%) were found to have a functionally significant CUVAD in one or both eyes wh...

Development of visual acuity in children with cerebral visual impairment.

OBJECTIVE To study the development of visual acuity in term-born children with cerebral visual impairment and a history of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. METHODS We studied 19 term-born children, aged 6 months to 6 years, with moderate to severe neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and behaviors indicative of cerebral visual impairment. Longitudinal measures of grating acuity w...

Correctable visual impairment in older people: a major unmet need.

This review seeks to determine the prevalence of correctable visual impairment (VI) in older people in the UK, to discover what proportion of these cases are undetected, to suggest reasons for the poor detection and to make recommendations for improving the detection. To establish the context of these issues, the review will also touch on the general prevalence and causes of VI in older people ...