Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population.

ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to examine the lifetime exposure to serious life events in people with visual impairment compared with the general population. Data were derived from a telephone survey including a probability sample of 736 adults with visual impairment (response rate: 61%). The lifetime prevalence of direct experiences with seventeen different categories of serious life events (Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5)) were compared to that obtained from the general Norwegian population (N = 1792, 36% response rate). Altogether, 68% of people with visual impairment had been directly exposed to at least one serious life event, with equal rates among males and females (p = 0.59). The prevalence of serious life events was higher than for the general population (60%, p < 0.001), especia

SUBMITTER: Brunes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8583190 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature