What do adults with visual impairment mean by well-being? Identifying the building blocks of well-being in the context of visual impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Well-being has become a key outcome of health and support services for adults with visual impairment (V.I.). However, there is a lack of consensus on how well-being is conceptualized and assessed in V.I. research, if it is defined at all. A shared understanding of what well-being means in the context of adult V.I. is essential to enable comparison of findings across studies and collaboration between support organizations.

Methods

This article reports findings from a series of four online focus groups with adults with V.I. and one with practitioners working in the field of adult V.I. The focus groups explored what participants meant by well-being and which factors impacted their well-being. A total of 17 adults with V.I. and five practitioners took part. A list of

SUBMITTER: Heinze N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11375082 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature