title: Psychosocial implications of blindness and low vision in students of a school for children with blindness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find out the psychosocial implications of blindness and low vision in students of blind school Bahawalpur.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out in Higher Secondary School for blind, Bahawalpur after getting approval from Institutional review board of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur and Principal of Blind School, Bahawalpur. Forty willing students filled a customized questionnaire, consisting of questions about logistic variables and questions regarding areas of satisfaction. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 18.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 40, 55% (22/40) of them were found depressed (as assessed through DSM-lV), 50% (20/40) were having difficulty in making new contact but 52.5% (21/40) were satisfied with family care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sixty percent (24/40) of blind school children experienced difficulty in their life. This study showed that blindness or low vision does have psychological implications like feeling of guilt, anxiety, sadness & depression.
authors.affiliation: Dr. RizwanIshtiaq, MBBS. Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Rizwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishtiaq
authors.affiliation: Dr. Muhammad Hamid Chaudhary, MBBS. Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad Hamid
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.affiliation: Dr. Muhammad Atif Rana, MBBS. Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad Atif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.affiliation: Dr. AbdurRehman Jamil, MBBS. Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Abdur Rehman
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Jamil
keywords: Individual differences; Psychosocial adjustment; Visual impairment & blindness