Low vision service delivery: an audit of newly developed outreach clinics in Northern Ireland
| Autor: | A. McGlade, A. Toner, A. J. Jackson, J. Lindsay, D. Bickerstaff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Clinical audit
Male medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Service delivery framework Visual impairment Vision Low Audit Northern Ireland Ambulatory Care Facilities Patient satisfaction medicine Humans Aged Quality of Health Care Service (business) Medical Audit business.industry Macular degeneration medicine.disease eye diseases Sensory Systems Outreach Ophthalmology Patient Satisfaction Family medicine Optometry Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmicphysiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists). 24(4) |
| ISSN: | 0275-5408 |
| Popis: | Recent publications recommend that low vision services are multi-professional; easily accessible; freely available to all those with visual impairment; monitored by professional and patient groups, and responsive to user feedback. These standards were applied when developing low vision outreach services in Northern Ireland in 1999/2000. Results are reported of the complete clinical audit cycle, coupled with a patient satisfaction telephone questionnaire, which was used to evaluate the service. Of the 48 patients randomly selected from the list of clinic attendees, 28 (58%) were female, 27 (56%) over 80 years of age and 38 (78%) had a primary ocular diagnosis of age related macular degeneration (AMD). Of the 46 low vision aids issued at patients' first appointments, 30 (67%) were illuminated stand magnifiers and 29 (63%) had magnification levels of x5 or less. A total of 46 (96%) patients reported that they had benefited from low vision services. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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