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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
[Quality of life - methodology and clinical practice aspects with a focus on ocular medicine]
1Fachbereich AHW, Studiengänge Rehabilitationspsychologie Dipl., B.Sc., M.Sc., Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (FH), Osterburger Strasse 25, 39576, Stendal, Deutschland. gabriele.franke@hs-magdeburg.de
Abstract:
Due to the demographic development in western industrialised countries, the proportion of visually impaired persons is likely to increase in the future. Currently there is a shift in scientific recognition from relative neglect of psychopathological distress in the visually impaired to better notice of disease-related subjective impairments that are detectable with specific questionnaire measures. Visual acuity primarily determines the subjective rating of visual functioning independent from the eye disease. Ophthalmic patients who show only mild symptoms from a medical point of view normally suffer considerably diminished vision-related quality of life with respect to physical, functional, mental, and social aspects. Treatment effects have been shown using vision-related quality-of-life measures for different ophthalmic diseases, particularly cataract surgery. Assessment of vision-related quality of life provides a meaningful complement to objective data.
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