Knowledge and use of low vision services among persons with age-related macular degeneration

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 720-724

  Casten, Robin J ^a   Maloney, Eileen K ^a   Rovner, Barry W ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33846705780     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0509901112     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Crews, J. (1991). The demographic, social, and conceptual contexts of aging and vision loss. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 65, 63-68.
2. Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group. (2004). Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the United States. Archives of Ophthalmology, 122, 564-572.
3. Greenblat, S. L. (1988). Physicians and chronic impairment: A study of ophthalmologists' interactions with visually impaired and blind patients. Social Science Medicine, 26, 393-399.
4. Horowitz, A., Reinhardt, J. P., & Travis, L. A. (2003). The influence of health, social support quality and rehabilitation on depression among disabled elders. Aging and Mental Health, 7, 342-350.
5. Lee, P. P., Feldman, Z. W., Ostermann, J., Brown, D. S., & Sloan, F. A. (2003). Longitudinal prevalence of major eye diseases. Archives of Ophthalmology, 121, 1303-1310.
6. Leinhaas, M. M., & Massof, R. W. (2001). Clinical management of patients with low vision in the U.S. Health Care System. In R.W. Massof & L. Lidoff (Eds.), Issues in low vision rehabilitation: Service delivery, policy, and funding (pp. 39-52). New York: AFB Press.
7. Lighthouse International. (1995). The Lighthouse National Survey on Vision Loss: The experience, attitudes, and knowledge of middle-aged and older Americans. New York: Author.
8. Lighthouse International. (1999, February). Statistics on vision impairment: A resource manual. New York: Author.
9. National Eye Institute (2001). Life with low vision: A report on qualitative research among people with low vision and their caregivers [Online]. Available: http://www.nei.nih.gov/nehsep/execsum.htm
10. Raasch, T. W., Leat, S. J., Kleinstein, R. N., Bullimore, M. A., & Cutter, G. R. (1997). Evaluating the value of low-vision services. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 68, 287-295.
11. Rovner, B. W., & Ganguli, M. (1998). Depression and disability associated with impaired vision: The MoVIES project. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 46, 617-619.
12. Williams, R. A., Brody, B. L., Thomas, R. G., Kaplan, R. M., & Brown, S. I. (1998). The psychosocial impact of macular degeneration. Archives of Ophthalmology, 116, 514-520.