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[First results of the IOBA low vision unit]
M B Coco Martín1, I Arranz De La Fuente, M J González García
1Unidad de Baja Visión, Instituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología Aplicada, Valladolid, España.
Purpose:
To verify the efficacy a treatment for the rehabilitation of vision in our Unit for Clinical Low Vision in the testing of improvements in patient's efficiency for daily life activities.
Material And Method:
80 patients were studied. Ophthalmologic and optometric evaluation followed by a customised vision rehabilitation program were performed according to patient's immediate needs. In a second stage a telephoned questionnaire was filled in order to record efficacy of prescribed visual aids in their own environment.
Results:
Rehabilitation training resulted in 89% of patients showing improvement in their quality of life in both fields; functional and psychological. 85% of patients showed improvement in near activities and 35% in far activities.
Discussion:
A correct and specialised low vision refraction and a posterior vision rehabilitation training in the use of optical and non optical aids show increase in quality of life in patients with severe visual deficiencies.