Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24141/1/2/2/3
Quality of life in blind and partially sighted people
Gorka Vuletić
; Department of Psychology, Faculty of humanities and social sciences, University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Tea Šarlija
; Social Welfare Centre Donji Miholjac, Donji Miholjac, Croatia
Tomislav Benjak
; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this research was to examine the subjective quality of life in blind and partially sighted people in relation to the type of impairment, duration of impairment and participation in psychosocial rehabilitation. The study used a sociodemographic and health questionnaire, and the Personal Wellbeing Index for adults to examine participant satisfaction with different life domains. The results have shown that subjective quality of life in blind and partially sighted people is within the theoretically expected normative range for global population of 60 to 80% scale maximum. The results have also shown that type and duration of impairment as well as participation in psychosocial rehabilitation are significant indicators of subjective quality of life of blind and partially sighted people.
Keywords
visual impairment; blindness; low vision; subjective quality of life; duration of impairment; psychosocial rehabilitation
Hrčak ID:
180768
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2016.
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