[Low-Vision Training For Better Usage of Magnifying Visual Aids]

Ophthalmologica. 1994;208(2):92-4. doi: 10.1159/000310459.
[Article in German]

Abstract

During 1990-1991 263 low-vision aids were prescribed to visually impaired elderly people. 22% of them did not use their magnifying systems. With the help of a low-vision trainer, who taught them how to use their magnifying system correctly, the failure rate could be remarkably reduced. In 1992, low-vision aids were prescribed to 121 of 158 patients; 110 of these patients had low-vision training. Only 3% of them failed to use the magnifying system.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Eye Diseases / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Education as Topic*
  • Sensory Aids* / statistics & numerical data
  • Vision, Low / etiology
  • Vision, Low / therapy*