Diagnosis
Good mental health: Sight loss and the five stages of grief
Emotions can vary following a sight loss diagnosis.
Training results in increased practitioner confidence and identification of depression in people with low vision: a mixed methods study
The aims of this study were: (1) to assess the impact of a training programme on practitioners’ confidence ...
‘You’ve got dry macular degeneration, ernd of story’: a qualitative study into the experience of living with non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Volunteers with dry AMD with a range of disease severity were given an eye examination and asked to ...
Systematic review and meta-synthesis of coping with retinitis pigmentosa: implications for improving quality of life
The aim of this systematic review and meta-synthesis was to present a comprehensive overview of qualitative papers on ...
Psychological Impact of Vision Loss
We undertook 18 semi-structured interviews with patients diagnosed with eye disease leading to vision loss to explore its ...
‘It was like being hit with a brick’: a qualitative study on the effect of clinicians’ delivery of a diagnosis of eye disease for patients in primary and secondary care
An exploratory qualitative interview study to explore patients' experiences of getting a diagnosis of eye disease, the psychological ...
Creating a holistic support service for people with vision impairment
The diagnosis of visual impairment is life changing for patients as it has huge impacts on activities and ...