NOTE: This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Low Vision (Reviewed 2001). It provides summary information and is not intended to stand alone in assisting the clinician in making patient care decisions. Visual impairment is a functional limitation of the eye(s) or visual system that can result in a visua...

The frequency of reversible and irreversible visual impairment was determined in children with severe and profound sensorineural deafness, as subnormal vision can adversely affect their educational and social development. Eighty three of 87 such children attending an audiology service were examined to assess the incidence and severity of visual impairment. Each child underwent a detailed ophtha...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between visual and hearing impairment and motor vehicle collision (MVC) involvement in older drivers. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING North central Alabama. PARTICIPANTS Population-based sample of 2,000 licensed-drivers aged 70 and older. MEASUREMENTS Visual acuity was measured using the Electronic Visual Acuity test. Contrast sensitivity...

the number of people with diabetes mellitus is increasing and cataracts are one of the most common causes of visual impairment in these patients. advances in cataract surgery have generally resulted in favorable surgical outcomes. however, surgery may not be safe and effective in individuals who were previously not candidates for surgery or who had limited visual prognosis. many questions remai...

BACKGROUND To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of visual impairment associated with refractive error and the unmet need for spectacles in a special suburban senior population in Baoshan District of Shanghai, one of several rural areas undergoing a transition from rural to urban area, where data of visual impairment are limited. METHODS The study was a population based survey of 454...

INTRODUCTION Information about the prevalence of visual impairment in children is not collected systematically. Further, little information is available about children under age 6. Babies Count is a national registry of children with visual impairment in the United States, aged birth to 3 years. METHODS Data were collected on 2,155 children at the point of entry into specialized early interve...

One thousand one hundred and sixty-nine (1169) patients were examined in the Eye Clinic of University of Malaya Medical Centre over a period of three weeks to determine the prevalence of eye diseases and visual impairment. Age, gender, race, visual acuity and diagnosis of patients were noted from the case records. Cataract (385, 32.9%) was the most common eye disease seen in our study followed ...