title: [Magnifying vision aids and their use by vision-handicapped patients].
abstract: Patients with visual acuities of below 0.4 at both long and short range cannot be sure of seeing well enough to read or watch TV. Low-vision aids improve vision to a such a degree that these activities can be performed once again. However, aside from this positive effect, low-vision aids have some disadvantages which sometimes prevent patients from actually using them. An investigation conducted among 150 patients revealed that 84% of them used their low-vision aids for about an hour or so a day.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004215:Distance Perception; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011932:Reading; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields
vernacular_title: Vergrössernde Sehhilfen und ihre Benutzung durch sehbehinderte Patienten.