Mental health state and quality of life questionnaire in low vision assessment: a case report

BMC Research Notes

Zainora Mohammed²  Mushawiahti Mustaphal³  Victor Feizal Knight¹  Mohd Harimi Abd Rahman²  Rokiah Omar² 

[1] Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sungai Besi Camp, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;Optometry & Vision Science Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;Department of Ophtalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Ya’cob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

关键词: Case history;    Low vision;    Quality of life;    Mental health;   

Others  :  1129285
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-667

 received in 2013-06-24, accepted in 2014-09-16,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Vision impairment associated with diabetic retinopathy, is well known and low vision rehabilitation is always recommended. In this report, the importance of objective measure of mental health and quality of life screening in diabetic retinopathy low-vision assessment is discussed.

Case presentation

We describe the case of a 43-year-old Asian female who has mild vision impairment due to tractional retinal detachment secondary to diabetic retinopathy and how mental health screening and quality of life screening during low vision rehabilitation can improve in the management of this patient.

Conclusion

Although vision impairment was mild, the psychological impact was enormous and affected her quality of life substantially. This case report illustrates that recognition of the mental health and quality of life impact on visual impairment is critical to the rehabilitation management of low vision patients with diabetic retinopathy.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Omar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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