Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2020 Jun;23(1):69-79. 10.7587/kjrehn.2020.69.

Status of Health Care in Acquired Vision Impairments

• Jeon E
• Ha T

• KMID: 2506051
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7587/kjrehn.2020.69

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the status of health care in acquired vision impairments.
Methods
Data of 511 subjects who had recruited in National Survey of the Disabled Person of 2017 were analyzed. Collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, x 2 test, Fisher's exact test with SPSS 25.0 version.
Results
The mean age was 68.4 years. 39.1% of the subjects lived alone, and 97.4% of the subjects were unable to decipher the braille. The prevalence of chronic diseases was high blood pressure (56.2%), diabetes (32.7%), and osteoarthritis (25.2%). 54.5% of the subjects experienced stress in their daily activities. In addition, 14.1% of the subjects thought they had a thought of suicide in the last year. The major needed health informations were related with disease and healthy life. In order to manage chronic diseases, they had continuously treated, but they did not receive proper management regarding mental health. There was a lack of exercise in health promotion behaviors in acquired vision impairments.
Conclusion
For the health management of people with acquired vision impairments, it is needed that the exercise and health education programs should be developed for people who cannot understand the braille. Also, it is needed for them to manage the mental health.

Keyword

Chronic disease; Health care; Mental health; Vision impairment