Low vision and blindness among midlife and older adults: a review of the nursing research literature.
The number of midlife and older adults with visual impairment is expected to double by the mid-2020s. There has been little research on low vision and blindness in the nursing literature to date. Existing studies tended to be qualitative and preliminary in nature and most had small sample sizes. The risk of visual impairment increases with age and is a common comorbidity among the aged chronically ill.
Sharts-Hopko
Nancy
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College of Nursing, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA. nancy.sharts-hopko@villanova.edu
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001766:Blindness / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015399:Nursing Research; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014792:Visual Acuity; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities