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Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of self-reported low vision (LV) and blindness, and their associated disabilities, handicaps and socio-economic consequences for individuals living in institutions are poorly documented. METHODS: 2,075 institutions were selected at random and eight individuals were picked...

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Autores principales: Brézin, Antoine Pierre, Lafuma, Antoine, Fagnani, Francis, Mesbah, Mounir, Berdeaux, Gilles
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1087865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15847703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-3-27
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author Brézin, Antoine Pierre
Lafuma, Antoine
Fagnani, Francis
Mesbah, Mounir
Berdeaux, Gilles
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Lafuma, Antoine
Fagnani, Francis
Mesbah, Mounir
Berdeaux, Gilles
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description BACKGROUND: The prevalence of self-reported low vision (LV) and blindness, and their associated disabilities, handicaps and socio-economic consequences for individuals living in institutions are poorly documented. METHODS: 2,075 institutions were selected at random and eight individuals were picked at random from the list of residents. Three groups of individuals were defined: blind, LV, and a control group (CG). These were compared after adjustment for age and co-morbidities. Of the 15,403 individuals, 14,603 interviews (94.9%) were completed. RESULTS: The prevalence of blindness was 1.6% and the LV 13.4%. Blind individuals needed assistance more often (OR: 2.65 to 11.35) than CG members while the assistance required by LV individuals was similar to that for the CG. Blind individuals required institution adaptation (building and furniture changes) more often than the CG. Blind (57.9%) and LV individuals (35.4%) were more often registered for social allowances. Monthly social allowances were EUR 86 higher for blind than LV individuals. Monthly family incomes were found to be similar between the three groups (from EUR 782 to 797). Social and demographic data, institution description, income, handicaps, disabilities, social allowances and details of daily activities were collected interviews CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate the impact of self-reported blindness and LV on daily life for patients living in institutions.
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spelling pubmed-10878652005-04-30 Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey Brézin, Antoine Pierre Lafuma, Antoine Fagnani, Francis Mesbah, Mounir Berdeaux, Gilles Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUND: The prevalence of self-reported low vision (LV) and blindness, and their associated disabilities, handicaps and socio-economic consequences for individuals living in institutions are poorly documented. METHODS: 2,075 institutions were selected at random and eight individuals were picked at random from the list of residents. Three groups of individuals were defined: blind, LV, and a control group (CG). These were compared after adjustment for age and co-morbidities. Of the 15,403 individuals, 14,603 interviews (94.9%) were completed. RESULTS: The prevalence of blindness was 1.6% and the LV 13.4%. Blind individuals needed assistance more often (OR: 2.65 to 11.35) than CG members while the assistance required by LV individuals was similar to that for the CG. Blind individuals required institution adaptation (building and furniture changes) more often than the CG. Blind (57.9%) and LV individuals (35.4%) were more often registered for social allowances. Monthly social allowances were EUR 86 higher for blind than LV individuals. Monthly family incomes were found to be similar between the three groups (from EUR 782 to 797). Social and demographic data, institution description, income, handicaps, disabilities, social allowances and details of daily activities were collected interviews CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate the impact of self-reported blindness and LV on daily life for patients living in institutions. BioMed Central 2005-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC1087865/ /pubmed/15847703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-3-27 Text en Copyright © 2005 Brézin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Brézin, Antoine Pierre
Lafuma, Antoine
Fagnani, Francis
Mesbah, Mounir
Berdeaux, Gilles
Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey
title Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey
title_full Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey
title_fullStr Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey
title_short Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey
title_sort prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living in institutions: a nationwide survey
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1087865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15847703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-3-27
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