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Psychological impacts of visual impairments in different working age groups , submitted to Journal of Xi’an Shiyou University Natural Science Edition

. Mehboob Ali, Muhammad Owais Sharif and Naseema


Abstract

To explain the similarities and differences related to psychological functions of visually impaired patients among different working age groups.

This case study was included about88 patients at College of Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences Mayo Hospital King Edward Medical University Lahore. We excluded only those patients whose are involving in different clinical trial and followed no other ways to exclude. Patients having visual impairments due to cataract, cytomegalovirus, low vision, angle closer glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and AMD from different causes. The level of their visual impairments were divided into mild, moderate, severe and blind on the basis of their visual acuity. These patients were interviewed personally with Questionnaires and were divided into four age related groups. Group 1 (age range 20 to 40 years 73.9%), group 2 (age range 41 to 50 years 13.9%), group 3(age range 51 to 60 years 11.4%), group 4 (61 to 70 years 1.1%).

Visual acuity decreased with increasing age and comorbidity, visual acuity and vision dependent activity of life decreased on greater level of group 3 and group 4 patients. Visual acuity plays greater role in the Psychological functions of visual impaired patients. Elderly patients having age range 51 to 60 and 61 to 70 were more suffered from the specific quality of life.

Key Words:Psychological impacts, visual impairments, depression, anxiety , overthinking

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