Emotional well-being and adjustment to vision loss in later life: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 971-981

  Nyman, Samuel Robert ^a   Dibb, Bridget ^b   Victor, Christina Rita ^b   Gosney, Margot Ann ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Psychosocial; Review; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BLINDNESS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84860114627     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.626487     Document Type: Review

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