Purpose The goals were to develop a working and inclusive definition of access to eye care,
identify gaps in the current system that preclude access, and highlight recommendations that …

Purpose.: To validate the Impact of Vision Impairment for Children (the IVI_C), a new vision-
specific pediatric instrument designed to assess the affect of impaired vision on quality of life …

We present a novel comprehensive literature review of studies of the psychosocial
functioning (PF) and quality of life (QoL) of patients with childhood glaucoma and their …

Background Although the significant impact of visual disability in childhood has been widely
recognized, children's own perspectives of living with a visual impairment have not been …

Intellectual disability affects different aspects of functioning and quality of life, as well as the
ability to independently assess the quality of life itself. The paper examines the agreement in …

Purpose To report piloting and initial validation of the VQoL_CYP, a novel age-appropriate
vision-related quality of life (VQoL) instrument for self-reporting by children with visual …

Purpose.: Childhood-onset hereditary retinal disorders comprise a group of visually
disabling conditions with variable onset and progression of visual impairment. Their impact …

Background Earlier research has distinguished five domains of Quality of life (QoL) for
people with ID: material well‐being, development and activity, physical well‐being, social …

Objective To develop a novel age-appropriate measure of functional vision (FV) for self-
reporting by visually impaired (VI) children and young people. Design Questionnaire …

This chapter aims to familiarize the reader with important issues about epidemiological
studies of childhood visual impairment (VI), severe visual impairment (SVI), or blindness …