Visual impairment and psychological distress among adults attending the University of Gondar tertiary eye care and training center, Northwest Ethiopia: A comparative …

MB Munaw, MT Tegegn - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Visual impairment can severely affect the quality of life, with a tremendous
negative impact on job performance and socioeconomic status. This substantially affects the …

Vision loss and psychological distress among Ethiopians adults: a comparative cross-sectional study

A Abateneh, M Tesfaye, S Bekele, Y Gelaw - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Vision loss causes major changes in lifestyle and habits that may result in
psychological distress and further reduction in the quality of life. Little is known about the …

So let me find my way, whatever it will cost me, rather than leaving myself in darkness: experiences of glaucoma in Nigeria

F Kyari, CI Chandler, M Martin, CE Gilbert - Global health action, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background Blindness from glaucoma is associated with socio-economic deprivation,
presumed to reflect poor access to care and poor adherence to treatment. Objectives To …

Treating the Psychological Distress in Children with Adventitious Blindness

MO Ede, D Mawila, LN Onuigbo… - Journal of Rational …, 2025 - Springer
Less than half of those who need mental health counseling receive it globally, underscoring
the urgent need for psychology-focused intervention. According to data, 30.9% of Nigerians …

Burst out of the dead land by the help of spirituality: A case study of living with blindness and cancer

SH Seyed bagheri, M Dehghan, SH Alavi… - Journal of religion and …, 2017 - Springer
Blindness is one of the most complex problems related to health throughout the world. The
condition is worse when such stress is accompanied with cancer. The aim of this case study …

Integrating stages of change models to cast new vision on interventions to improve global retinoblastoma and childhood cancer outcomes

MS Weaver, CL Heminger, CG Lam - BMC Public Health, 2014 - Springer
Background Retinoblastoma, the most common intraocular tumor globally, represents a
curable cancer when diagnosed early and treated promptly. Delay to diagnosis, lag time …

[HTML][HTML] What do the blind feel? Psychological distress and satisfaction with life of blind persons: A community-based study

P Gogate, S Phadke, M Samudra… - Industrial Psychiatry …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Progressive loss of visual acuteness is known to be associated with anxiety,
insecurity, loss of independence, and altered social functioning, which may lead to low …

Adjustment to acquired vision loss in adults presenting for visual disability certification

A Nakade, J Rohatgi, MS Bhatia… - Indian Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess adjustment to acquired vision loss in adults. Settings
and Design: This observational study, conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology at a …

Mapping the Social Virtue of Youth as a Catalyst in the Dynamics of Eye Donation

R Thakur, S Kumari - Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: The dynamics of eye donation and corneal transplantation is a beacon of hope
in the life of a corneal blind person for sight restoration. Social virtues like altruism and …

Emotional Maturity and Resilience with Adjustment: Correlational study in Blind Adolescent

M El-Musavira, E Rahayu - Psikostudia Jurnal Psikologi, 2023 - repository.unika.ac.id
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui hubungan antara resiliensi dan kematangan
emosi terhadap penyesuaian diri remaja tunanetra. Populasi penelitian ini adalah remaja …