Laser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: abdollahima@sbmu.ac.ir.
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Department of Inorganic, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Faculty of Chemical and Technological Sciences. School of Medicine of Ciudad Real. Regional Centre of Biomedical Research (CRIB), Avenida Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain.
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Department of Inorganic, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Faculty of Chemical and Technological Sciences. School of Medicine of Ciudad Real. Regional Centre of Biomedical Research (CRIB), Avenida Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain. Electronic address: Davidagustin.leon@uclm.es.
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Department of Inorganic, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Faculty of Chemical and Technological Sciences. School of Medicine of Ciudad Real. Regional Centre of Biomedical Research (CRIB), Avenida Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain.
Laser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Low vision affects over 300 million people worldwide and can compromise both activities of daily living and quality of life. Rehabilitative training and vision assistive equipment (VAE) may help, but ...
To compare the effects of telerehabilitation with face-to-face (e.g. in-office or inpatient) vision rehabilitation services for improving vision-related quality of life and near reading ability in peo...
We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), which contains the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Trials Register) (2021, Issue 9); Ovid MEDLINE; Embase.com; PubMed; ClinicalTrials...
We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or controlled clinical trials (CCTs) in which participants diagnosed with low vision had received vision rehabilitation services remotely from a human p...
Two review authors independently screened titles and abstracts retrieved by the searches of the electronic databases and then full-text articles for eligible studies. Two review authors independently ...
We identified one RCT/CCT that indirectly met our inclusion criteria, and two ongoing trials that met our inclusion criteria. The included trial had an overall high risk of bias. We did not conduct a ...
We assessed the number of referrals for low vision (LV) services to determine if establishing an LV program at a large academic medical center impacted referral rates. Visual acuity (VA), referral out...
This study aimed to identify gaps in the referral process to LV services....
Electronic medical records of patients were reviewed to ascertain the referral rate among those who qualified for services, both before (2014 to 2016) and after (2017 to 2019) the establishment of an ...
A total of 2014 patient records with VA qualifying for LV services were reviewed. The proportion of patients who had a VA of 20/70 to 20/200 inclusive in their better eye was 91.7%. A majority (89.8%)...
Referral rates to LV services are low among patients who qualify. The establishment of an LV program at the medical center significantly increased referral rates. However, more improvement is necessar...
To identify the ocular pathologies that are reported as causes of low vision in children....
The systematic search was carried out in Medline (PubMed), Embase and Lilacs. Observational studies with populations between 0-18 years of age, reporting visual acuity data between 20/60-20/400 and re...
27 studies conducted in Asia (13 publications), Africa (6 studies), Oceania (4 studies), Europe and South America (2 studies each) were included. The most reported causes of low vision were: cataract,...
Cataract, albinism and nystagmus are the ocular pathologies most mentioned by studies as a cause of low vision in children, as well as retinal diseases such as ROP and optic nerve diseases such as atr...
Vision screening during childhood is vital for the early detection and treatment of visual impairment that may significantly impact a child's development and quality of life. This nationwide cross-sec...
Vision-based localization approaches now underpin newly emerging navigation pipelines for myriad use cases, from robotics to assistive technologies. Compared to sensor-based solutions, vision-based lo...
Low vision affects the ability to read and can be a major barrier to educational success and insertion into the workplace. We designed a new font (Luciole) to improve the readability and comfort for p...
Patients with low vision are generally recommended to use the same fonts as individuals with normal vision. However, we are yet to fully understand whether stroke width and serifs (small ornamentation...
Font legibility was assessed by measuring word identification performance of 19 patients with low vision (autosomal dominant optic atrophy [ADOA] with a best-corrected average visual acuity 20/110) an...
Font-size threshold and sensitivity data revealed that using a single measure (i.e., font-size threshold) is insufficient for detecting significant effects but triangulation is possible when combined ...
In people with low visual acuity caused by ADOA, the combination of serifs and a uniform stroke width resulted in better text legibility than other combinations of uniform/variable stroke widths and p...
To evaluate the significance of sociodemographic and clinical variables on the quality of life of low-vision patients in a tertiary hospital in Enugu, Nigeria, and also determine the causative ocular ...
A cross-sectional study of adults 18 years and above with low vision/blindness. They were consecutively enrolled and clinically evaluated. The WHO-NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaire for quality of life was admi...
Of the 400 participants, 81% were above 40 years. Mean age was 57.27 ± 16.34 years. Males (52.0%) and females (48.0%). 225 (56.25%) had Moderately Severe Visual Impairment. Low vision/blindness negati...
There is the need for prompt and proper treatment of low-vision patients and advocacy for the establishment of adequate and functional rehabilitation services. Quality of life which measures the overa...
To synthesize information on the psychometric properties of scales used to assess vision-related quality of life in people with low vision....
A systematic review was conducted. The Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, Bireme and Epistemonikos databases were consulted in July 2020. Eligibility assessment of abstracts and full texts was performe...
A total of 53 articles were included in our analysis. In total, 40 studies evaluated the NEI VFQ scale, four evaluated the IVI scale, two evaluated the VA LV VFQ instrument and seven validated the LVQ...
Many questionnaires exist to measure vision-related quality of life in people with low vision, but the psychometric properties of the questionnaires are variable....
Real-time digital image processing to optimally enhance low vision is now realizable with recent advances in personal computers. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a wearable smartphone-base...
