The use of informal care by people with vision impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To estimate and characterize the use of informal care by people with vision impairment in Portugal.

Methods

A total of 546 visually impaired individuals were recruited from Portuguese hospitals. Clinical information was obtained from medical records, socio-demographic details and informal care use were collected during face-to-face interviews. In addition, participants responded to a functional vision questionnaire (activity inventory) to assess their visual ability. Logistic regression was used to determine independent factors associated with informal care use and linear regression was used to determine independent predictors of intensity of informal care use.

Results

Informal care was reported by 39.6% of the participants. The probability of reporting inform

SUBMITTER: Marques AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991749 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature