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Ocupational performance and quality of life: interrelationships in daily life of visual impaired individuals

Authors :
Paula Becker
Rita de Cássia Ietto Montilha
Source :
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, Vol 74, Iss 6, Pp 372-377 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2015.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objective: Identify levels of self-perception of occupational performance and quality of life of individuals with visual impairment and subsequent analysis of the interrelationship between the indices found. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional survey with people with visual disabilities enrolled in visual rehabilitation program. COPM was applied to measure the self-perception of occupational performance, the SF-36 for quality of life measurement and a socio-demographic questionnaire to describe personal characteristics. Results. Twentythree subjects were included in the sample: 74% with low vision, 52.2% were female and mean age of 46.7 years. The self-perception of performance and emotional aspects domains of participants with low vision were better than those with blindness. The greater the time of visual impairment, worse was the self-perception of pain. The vitality domain showed statistical significant relationship with the domains general health, performance and satisfaction as well as the mental health domain were related to general health, pain, performance and vitality. Conclusion: The best were the mental health index, the better were the evaluations of physical, functional and social areas, a fact that indicates the importance of considering mental health in visual rehabilitation programs. The COPM and the SF-36 address the issue of functionality in different ways and their results are not compatible.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
19828551 and 00347280
Volume :
74
Issue :
6
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.667c51f442944eb8b1895a6124bf1a68
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5935/0034-7280.20150078