Living with Ultra-Low Vision: An Inventory of Self-Reported Visually Guided Activities by Individuals with Profound Visual Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To understand how individuals with profound visual impairment (ultra-low vision, ULV) use their remaining vision.

Methods

Forty-six participants with ULV (visual acuity ≤ 200/500 in the better seeing eye) were divided into nine focus groups (4-6 individuals per group) and met either in person (n = 2) or over the phone (n = 7). Discussions were guided by the Massof Activity Inventory. Audio recordings were transcribed and analyzed for visual activities that were then classified along two visual categorizations - functional domains and visual aspects. The latter was based on a Grounded Theory classification of participants' descriptions.

Results

Seven hundred sixty activities were reported. By functional domain they were classified as reading/shape

SUBMITTER: Adeyemo O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5450922 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature