Life quality of low-vision elderly people: before and after hearing and speech intervention

Autores: Mayla Myrina Bianchim Monteiro, Keila Monteiro de Carvalho

Fonte: Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia

Ano: 2015

DOI: 10.5935/0034-7280.20150043

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Aim: To evaluate life quality of elderly people with acquired low vision before and after hearing and speech intervention. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study was made with 52 elderly people with acquired low vision. Two questionnaires that measures life quality were used in this study. The first was ‘Low Quality of Life Vision (LVQOL)’ and the second the ‘National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEIVFQ-25)’. The study included people with more than 60 years with acquired […]

Tem experiência na área de Medicina, com ênfase em Cirurgia Oftalmológica, atuando na área acadêmica nas seguintes linhas de pesquisas: cirurgia estrabológica, ambliopia e visão binocular, baixa visão, qualidade de vida, auxílios ópticos, reabilitação visual e visão subnormal, educação médica, educação a distância.

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