Ciri Kanak-kanak Berpenglihatan Terhad di Klinik Penglihatan Terhad UKM
- Author:
Rokiah Omar
;
Victor Feizal Knight
;
Zainora Mohammed
;
Tholasee, G. M.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
children, low vision
- From:Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences
2007;5(1):37-45
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
While the prevalence of visually impaired children constitutes a small portion
of the visually impaired population, it is important to determine whether the
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low vision services available are utilised by these children. This is important
as previous studies have shown that children have a very high rate of successful
low vision device use compared to adults. This was a cross sectional
retrospective study. Fifty nine low vision clinic children records were evaluated.
The results showed that 25.4% of the children were categorised as with
moderate low vision, 30.5% with severe low vision and 40.7% were categorised
as blind. The major causes of low vision were congenital cataract, congenital
nystagmus, congenital glaucoma, macular degeneration and retinitis
pigmentosa. Low vision rehabilitation for near work using magnifiers improved
the vision of 30.5% of the low vision children. This finding suggests that 1/3 of
low vision children could benefit from low vision rehabilitation. The low vision
devices most commonly prescribed to the children in this study were stand
magnifiers, hand-held magnifiers and spectacles. This study illustrates the key
role of optometrists in the management of visual impairment in Malaysian
children. It would appear that the establishment of low vision services in
government hospitals using trained optometrists is a cost effective method of
service delivery. Therefore more low vision children would have access to
proper low vision rehabilitation and through that rehabilitation, their quality
of life can be improved.
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