Visual impairment, rehabilitation and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Marissa Romano Da Silva,Maria Inês Rubo De Souza Nobre,Rita De Cássia Letto Montilha,Keila Monteiro De Carvalho

doi:10.5935/0034-7280.20140063

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https://doi.org/10.5935/0034-7280.20140063

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Abstract

Objetivo: Descrever as características das pessoas com deficiência visual participantes de Grupos de Reabilitação Visual, segundo a CID-10 e a Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde (CIF). Métodos: Pesquisa quantitativa de corte transversal, desenvolvida em um centro universitário de pesquisas em reabilitação entre outubro e dezembro de 2012. Usuários de Grupos de Reabilitação Visual foram convidados, sendo 13 os que aceitaram participar. Foi realizada avaliação de terapia ocupacional – com anamnese, avaliação de desempenho e avaliação funcional da visão [...]

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Current estimates of the World Health Organization reveal that there are 314 million visually impaired people in the world – 269 million of these have subnormal vision and 45 million are blind, [1,2,3] including uncorrected refractive errors
The sample consisted of 13 participants, 54% were female, mean age of 44 years (± 18.42), and a large share of it in relation to the employment condition is off work (62%)
Following the ICFs classification, it was possible to identify the causes of visual impairment, the functions and structures of the body with disabilities, the main limitations and constraints faced by these people, the type of disability according to the ICD-10 the frequency of gender, average age, among other characteristics of this population

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Current estimates of the World Health Organization reveal that there are 314 million visually impaired people in the world – 269 million of these have subnormal vision and 45 million are blind , [1,2,3] including uncorrected refractive errors. [1,2,5] The main causes of visual impairment in the world are uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, trachoma and corneal opacity . Any visual impairment affects the individual’s health in all its aspects and brings it to functional impairments, generating interference in quality of life [9,10,11]. Along with the individual limitations there are the physical and social environmental factors that may constitute, respectively, architectural and attitudinal barriers

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