Visually Impaired Persons
"Visually Impaired Persons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons with loss of vision such that there is an impact on activities of daily living.
| Descriptor ID |
D019987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.150.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Visually Impaired Persons- Visually Impaired Persons
- Impaired Person, Visually
- Impaired Persons, Visually
- Person, Visually Impaired
- Persons, Visually Impaired
- Visually Impaired Person
- Blind Persons
- Blind Person
- Person, Blind
- Persons, Blind
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Visually Impaired Persons" by people in Profiles.
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Petrillo J, Balcer L, Galetta S, Chai Y, Xu L, Cadavid D. Initial Impairment and Recovery of Vision-Related Functioning in Participants With Acute Optic Neuritis From the RENEW Trial of Opicinumab. J Neuroophthalmol. 2019 06; 39(2):153-160.
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Paudel P, Kovai V, Naduvilath T, Phuong HT, Ho SM, Giap NV. Validity of Teacher-Based Vision Screening and Factors Associated with the Accuracy of Vision Screening in Vietnamese Children. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2016; 23(1):63-8.
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Burnett A, Yu M, Paudel P, Naduvilath T, Fricke TR, Hani Y, Garap J. Perceptions of Eye Health and Eye Health Services among Adults Attending Outreach Eye Care Clinics in Papua New Guinea. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2015; 22(6):361-9.
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Paudel P, Cronj? S, O'Connor PM, Rao GN, Holden BA. Clinical Competency of 1-Year Trained Vision Technicians in Andhra Pradesh, India. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2015; 22(6):409-16.
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Paudel P, Khadka J, Burnett A, Hani Y, Naduvilath T, Fricke TR. Papua New Guinea vision-specific quality of life questionnaire: a new patient-reported outcome instrument to assess the impact of impaired vision. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015 Apr; 43(3):202-13.
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Kovai V, Prasadarao BV, Paudel P, Stapleton F, Wilson D. Reasons for refusing cataract surgery in illiterate individuals in a tribal area of Andhra Pradesh, India. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2014 Jun; 21(3):144-52.
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Paudel P, Ramson P, Naduvilath T, Wilson D, Phuong HT, Ho SM, Giap NV. Prevalence of vision impairment and refractive error in school children in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, Vietnam. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2014 Apr; 42(3):217-26.
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Ganz A, Schafer JM, Tao Y, Wilson C, Robertson M. PERCEPT-II: smartphone based indoor navigation system for the blind. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014; 2014:3662-5.
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Dong H, Ganz A. Automatic generation of indoor navigation instructions for blind users using a user-centric graph. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014; 2014:902-5.
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Fisher D, Li CM, Chiu MS, Themann CL, Petersen H, J?nasson F, J?nsson PV, Sverrisdottir JE, Garcia M, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Eiriksdottir G, Gudnason V, Hoffman HJ, Cotch MF. Impairments in hearing and vision impact on mortality in older people: the AGES-Reykjavik Study. Age Ageing. 2014 Jan; 43(1):69-76.