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- Title
Changes in Patterns of Age-Related Visual Impairment in the Netherlands: A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Patients Referred to Rehabilitation Programs 10 Years Apart.
- Authors
van Rens, Ger H. M. B.; Lens, Judith A.; de Boer, Michael R.
- Abstract
The article presents information on a study which aimed to determine changes, over time, in the incidence and etiology of visual impairment in persons aged 50 and older who visited an eye clinic for an incurable age-related eye disease and who accepted an offer of rehabilitation. Participants were patients of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Elkerliek Hospital, Helmond, the Netherlands, who were referred for the first time to a rehabilitation center or who underwent an examination at a low vision clinic from January 1989 to July 1990 or from July 2000 to January 2003. Visual acuity was measured using a traditional letter chart.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; VISION disorders; ETIOLOGY of diseases; DISEASES in older people; REHABILITATION; VISUAL acuity
- Publication
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2006, Vol 100, Issue 6, p370
- ISSN
0145-482X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0145482X0610000608