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A case-control study to assess the relationship between poverty and visual impairment from …


H Kuper, S Polack, C Eusebio, W Mathenge, Z … - PLoS Med, 2008 - medicine.plosjournals.org
A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during
2005–2006. Cases were persons aged 50 y or older and visually impaired due to
cataract (visual acuity < 6/24 in the better eye). Controls were persons ...
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227 Quality of Life Measures for the Visually Impaired: Sub-Sahara Africa


ALJF Schemann - Springer
Abstract: Although blindness and low vision affects only indirectly the length
of life it affects considerably the quality of life. Therefore the assessment of
the burden of disease related to blindness and vision impairment need to ...
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Restoring sight: how cataract surgery improves the lives of older adults


S Polack - Community Eye Health, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
The fundamental aim of most ophthalmic interventions in later life is to improve
the quality of patients' lives, whether through sight-restoring cataract surgery
or the provision of visual aids. Amidst the pressures of targets, outputs, ...
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Quality of life and visual impairment from cataract in Satkhira district, Bangladesh


S Polack, H Kuper, Z Wadud, A Fletcher, A … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims: To evaluate a vision-related quality of life (QOL) scale (World Health
Organization Prevention of Blindness and Deafness Visual Function 20—WHO/PBD
VF20) and explore the impact of cataract visual impairment on vision- and ...
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The effect of glasses on visual function following cataract surgery in a cataract camp


J Maki, S Kusakul, K Morley, T Sanguansak, J … - British Medical Journal, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com
Results: 315 patients enrolled in the study; 113 patients had complete
WHO/PBD-VFQ and visual acuity data from all three administrations. The mean
preoperative visual acuity in the surgical eye was 20/327. Following ...
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The Impact of Cataract on Time-use: Results from a Population Based Case-Control Study …


S Polack, H Kuper, C Eusebio, W Mathenge, Z … - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2008 - informahealthcare.com
Purpose: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world, and is
particularly common in low-income countries. Cataract is asserted to increase
poverty through reduced productivity; however there is a lack of empirical ...
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