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| All Wales Visual Impairment Database (AWVID) |
| Author(s) | Barbara Ryan, Tom Margrain, Angela Reidy |
| Corporate Author | Thomas Pocklington Trust; School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University; Epivision |
| Publisher | Thomas Pocklington Trust, London, 2010 |
| Pages | 7 pp (Research findings, no 28) |
| Source | Thomas Pocklington Trust, Pier House, 90 Strand on the Green, London W4 3NN. www.pocklington-trust.org.uk |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Referrals ; Rehabilitation ; Information technology ; Social surveys ; Wales. |
| Annotation | Until now, routine information has not been employed to report on the use of services or the social circumstances or the characteristics of people with untreatable sight loss. Thomas Pocklington Trust commissioned a study to look at those using the community-based Welsh Low Vision Service (WLVS). This publication summarises findings from research conducted by Barbara Ryan and Tom Margrain of the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, and Angela Reidy and Darwin Minassian of Epivision. Information was analysed on 5817 adults; about 90 were over pensionable age; and about 85% had visual acuity worse than 6/12. These findings note that following assessment, about a quarter of those assessed in the WLVS were referred to one or more other services. The findings question the value of current registration criteria, which appear to have little relevance in determining the need for provision of statutory rehabilitation services for people with sight loss. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100827001 P |
| Classmark | BR: L5R: LM: UVB: 3F: 9 * |
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