The effect of low vision rehabilitation on the quality of life and caregiver burden of low vision patients – a randomized trial by Chunling Cai, Yuwei Shuai, Gonghui Li

Subjects: “…Low vision rehabilitation…”
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Serious Games Accessibility Design Model for Low-Vision Children by Nurul Izzah Othman, Hazura Mohamed, Nor Azan Mat Zin

“…However, many educational software and applications in the market, such as serious games, cannot be accessed by low-vision children due to the visual properties in game design. …”
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The Needs for Visual Improvement of Patients Presented at Low-Vision Center in Wenzhou, China by Xiaoman Li, Guofu Chen, Ruzhi Deng, Na Lin, Lingzhi Ni, Longfei Jiang, Haishuang Lin, Frank Thorn, Jie Chen

“…To characterize the needs for visual improvement of new-visit patients with low vision. Methods. This cross-sectional study collected detailed information of patients presented at low-vision center of the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University between January 2015 and January 2017. …”
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Barriers to Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services for Visually Impaired Patients in a Multidisciplinary Ophthalmology Outpatient Practice by Karima S. Khimani, Carissa R. Battle, Lauren Malaya, Aaleena Zaidi, Mary Schmitz-Brown, Huey-Ming Tzeng, Praveena K. Gupta

“…Low-vision rehabilitation (LVR) has significant benefit in improving the quality of life of visually impaired patients. …”
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Daily Functionality of People with Low Vision: The Impact of Visual Acuity, Depression, and Life Orientation—A Cross-Sectional Study by Mara Gkioka, Stavroula Almpanidou, Niki Lioti, Diamantis Almaliotis, Vasileios Karampatakis

“…Background. Low vision (LV) has a significant negative impact on the activities of daily life as well as on the psychological health of patients. …”
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Accuracy and Usability of Smartphone-Based Distance Estimation Approaches for Visual Assistive Technology Development by Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Mingxin Liu, Diwei Sheng, Chen Feng, Todd E. Hudson, John-Ross Rizzo, Kevin C. Chan

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Protective and risk factors of mental health of working age adults with adventitious total bilateral blindness and low vision: A scoping review protocol. by Nneoma Dike, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Heather May Morgan, Zoë Skea, Emma-Louise Tarburn

“…Vision loss has been associated with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder, which significantly impact lives of working age adults with adventitious total bilateral blindness and low vision. It is imperative, therefore, to prioritize the mental health in this population by exploring and understanding the factors that impact on their mental health. …”
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Proportion and Associated Factors of Low Vision among Adult Patients Attending at University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Gondar Town, Ethiopia by Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Gizachew Tilahun Belete, Ayanaw Tsega Ferede, Aragaw Kegne Assaye

“…Introduction. Low vision is a worldwide health problem in both developing and developed countries. …”
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Rehabilitation Methods for Patients with Geographic Atrophy due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Effects of Rehabilitation on Quality of Life by Damla Erginturk Acar, Figen Batioglu, Aysun Idil, Esra Sahli, Dincer Goksuluk

“…The purpose of the study is to evaluate the low vision rehabilitation methods and to investigate the effect of visual rehabilitation on quality of life in patients with low vision due to geographic atrophy from age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). …”
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The Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Northeast China by Liang Wen, Yu Wang, Zhong Lin, Feng Hua Wang, Xiao Xia Ding, Dong Li, Kemi Feng, Yuan Bo Liang, Dong Xiao Zhang, Yu Dou, Gang Zhai

“…The prevalence of bilateral blindness and low vision defined was 0.90% and 10.81%. Uncorrected refractive error was the first leading cause of low vision (75.0%) and blindness (38.9%). …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Causes of Visual Impairment in an Elderly Chinese Uygur Population in Southern Xinjiang by Yi Sun, Guangming Jin, Mengting Yang, Jing Fu, Xueyi Chen, Bingsheng Lou

“…Cataract is the leading cause of low vision and blindness.…”
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Absent Foveal Pit, Also Known as Fovea Plana, in a Child without Associated Ocular or Systemic Findings by Laura Hernandez-Moreno, Natacha Moreno Perdomo, Tomas S. Aleman, Karthikeyan Baskaran, Antonio Filipe Macedo

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Autorefraction, Retinoscopy, Javal’s Rule, and Grosvenor’s Modified Javal’s Rule: The Best Predictor of Refractive Astigmatism by Kofi Asiedu, Samuel Kyei, Emmanuel Ekow Ampiah

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Investigating the Causes of Blindness and Vision Impairment in Children Younger Than 15 Years Old by Abbas Riazi, Fatemeh Riazi

“…In addition, the need for visual aids was examined by a low-vision specialist. Results: A total of 708 blind and visually impaired children (371 boys and 337 girls) were examined. …”
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A Minor Modification of Direct Browplasty Technique in a Patient with Brow Ptosis Secondary to Facial Paralysis: Copy-Paste-Excise and Stitch by Arzu Taskiran Comez, Baran Gencer, Selcuk Kara, Hasan Ali Tufan

“…A 74-year-old male patient with left facial paralysis secondary to chronic otitis media was referred with a complaint of low vision due to brow ptosis. We performed direct browplasty with a minor modification in order to aid a treatment customized to the patient. …”
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Visual, Musculoskeletal, and Balance Complaints in AMD: A Follow-Up Study by Christina Zetterlund, Hans Olof Richter, Lars-Olov Lundqvist

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MDRN: Multi-distillation residual network for efficient MR image super-resolution by Liwei Deng, Jingyi Chen, Xin Yang, Sijuan Huang

“…Specifically, a novel feature multi-distillation residual block with a contrast-aware channel attention module was designed to make the residual features more focused on low-vision information, which maximizes the power of MDRN. …”
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Sociodemographic and visual characteristics of individuals with oculocutaneous albinism in Botswana by Thanuja Panicker, Gopinath Madheswaran

“…Information on demographics, socio-economic status, education, occupation, medical history, category of visual impairment, visual characteristics such as contrast and glare sensitivity and central visual field integrity and low vision services received was extracted from medical records and analysed. …”
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Identifying the Factors Affecting Student Academic Performance and Engagement Prediction in MOOC Using Deep Learning: A Systematic Literature Review by Shahzad Rizwan, Chee Ken Nee, Salem Garfan

“…By conducting SLR using PRISMA model, we identified research findings and gaps by proposing a conceptual framework for developing future personalized and adaptive e-learning environment for the inclusive MOOC based hard of hearing and low vision learners. This paper concludes by discussing implications for future personalized and adaptive e-learning environments and the necessity of comprehensive teacher training programs to navigate these evolving educational technologies.…”
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Prevalence of cataract and its associated factors among adult diabetic patients attending at diabetic care clinics in Northwest Ethiopia, 2023 by Abebech Fikade Shumye, Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Matiyas Mamo Bekele

“…Abstract Baground Cataract is a major public health concern and the leading cause of blindness and low vision in Ethiopia. However, no studies have been conducted to assess the prevalence of cataract and associated factors among adult diabetic patients in the study area. …”
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