TY - JOUR
T1 - Vision self-management for older adults
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Packer, Tanya Leigh
AU - Girdler, Sonya
AU - Boldy, Duncan P.
AU - Dhaliwal, Satvinder S.
AU - Crowley, Margaret
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Scholarship, a Freemasons PhD Scholarship and a great deal of in-kind contribution from the Association for the Blind of Western Australia. The authors acknowledge this support with thanks. They also thank the older adults and Association staff whose contributions were so critical to the success of the research and to changing the delivery of vision rehabilitation in Western Australia.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Purpose.The aim of this study was to pilot test the vision self-management programme VSM a newly developed, 8-week self-management intervention. The programme is a structured, repeatable and theoretically derived programme for older adults with age-related vision loss ARVL. Method.A pre-and post-test design was used, and involved 12 older adults with ARVL. The activity card sort, a measure of participation in life situations, was the primary outcome measure. Secondary outcome measures examining general health and vision specific domains were also used. Results.Participants reported a statistically significant increase in participation in life situations immediately following the VSM programme. However, whilst an increase in such participation was still present at 12-week follow-up, this was no longer statistically significant. In addition, the participants demonstrated statistically significant gains in both general health and vision specific domains. Although these findings are exploratory they suggest that the VSM may have both short and longer term benefits for older adults living with ARVL. Conclusions.Overall findings indicate that the participation in the self-management programme resulted in improved participation and health outcomes and support the need for further study using more rigorous designs.
AB - Purpose.The aim of this study was to pilot test the vision self-management programme VSM a newly developed, 8-week self-management intervention. The programme is a structured, repeatable and theoretically derived programme for older adults with age-related vision loss ARVL. Method.A pre-and post-test design was used, and involved 12 older adults with ARVL. The activity card sort, a measure of participation in life situations, was the primary outcome measure. Secondary outcome measures examining general health and vision specific domains were also used. Results.Participants reported a statistically significant increase in participation in life situations immediately following the VSM programme. However, whilst an increase in such participation was still present at 12-week follow-up, this was no longer statistically significant. In addition, the participants demonstrated statistically significant gains in both general health and vision specific domains. Although these findings are exploratory they suggest that the VSM may have both short and longer term benefits for older adults living with ARVL. Conclusions.Overall findings indicate that the participation in the self-management programme resulted in improved participation and health outcomes and support the need for further study using more rigorous designs.
KW - Low vision
KW - Occupational therapy
KW - Self-management
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U2 - 10.1080/09638280802572999
DO - 10.1080/09638280802572999
M3 - Article
C2 - 19340618
AN - SCOPUS:70449723249
SN - 0963-8288
VL - 31
SP - 1353
EP - 1361
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation
IS - 16
ER -