Visual ability of patients seeking outpatient low vision services in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most patients with low vision are elderly and have functional limitations from other health problems that could add to the functional limitations caused by their visual impairments.

Objective

To identify factors that contribute to visual ability measures in patients who present for outpatient low vision rehabilitation (LVR) services.

Design, setting, and participants

As part of a prospective, observational study of new patients seeking outpatient LVR, 779 patients from 28 clinical centers in the United States were enrolled in the Low Vision Rehabilitation Outcomes Study (LVROS) from April 25, 2008, through May 2, 2011. The Activity Inventory (AI), an adaptive visual function questionnaire, was administered to measure overall visual ability and visual abilit

SUBMITTER: Goldstein JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746572 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature