QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ELDERLY WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT REFERRING TO BOOALI SINA HOSPITAL, QAZVIN

With increasing elderly population, the incidence of visual impairment and its
related problems are also increasing that impacts their quality of life. This study aims to determine the
quality of life among the elderly with visual impairment referring to low vision clinic in Booali Sina
Hospital, Qazvin.
Material and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted as cross-sectional. Through
convenience sampling method, 94 visually impaired elderly admitted to the visual clinic with acuity less
than 6/18 were selected to participate in this study. The VFQ-25 questionnaire was used for collecting
the data. The data were analyzed by Pierson,
Results: The results of the study showed that the quality of life of the participants was in moderate level
(53.24±23.29). The highest mean score was for driving (10.71±2.80) and near vision (7.76±2.86) and
the lowest mean score was for daily living activities (1.67±1.39), general health (3.37±1.24) and
independency (4.09±2.82). Furthermore, it was observed a significant association between quality of
life and age (p= 0/03, r = -0.22) and marital status (p= 0/00, r= -0.32).
Conclusion: Due to low level of quality of life of the studied participants, their life quality promotion
should be considered as an essential plan for policymakers. Providing the programs to introduce the
rehabilitation services and how to use them could be led to obtain this goal