TY - JOUR
KW - India
KW - School-aged children
KW - Depression
KW - Stigma (health related)
KW - Psycho-social aspects
KW - Blindness
AU - Ishtiaq R
AU - Chaudhary MH
AU - Rana MA
AU - Jamil AR
AB - <p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>To find out the psychosocial implications of blindness and low vision in students of blind school Bahawalpur.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out in Higher Secondary School for blind, Bahawalpur after getting approval from Institutional review board of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur and Principal of Blind School, Bahawalpur. Forty willing students filled a customized questionnaire, consisting of questions about logistic variables and questions regarding areas of satisfaction. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 18.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>Out of 40, 55% (22/40) of them were found depressed (as assessed through DSM-lV), 50% (20/40) were having difficulty in making new contact but 52.5% (21/40) were satisfied with family care.</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>Sixty percent (24/40) of blind school children experienced difficulty in their life. This study showed that blindness or low vision does have psychological implications like feeling of guilt, anxiety, sadness &amp; depression.</p>

BT - Pakistan journal of medical sciences
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27182255?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.12669/pjms.322.8737
IS - 2
J2 - Pak J Med Sci
LA - eng
N2 - <p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>To find out the psychosocial implications of blindness and low vision in students of blind school Bahawalpur.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out in Higher Secondary School for blind, Bahawalpur after getting approval from Institutional review board of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur and Principal of Blind School, Bahawalpur. Forty willing students filled a customized questionnaire, consisting of questions about logistic variables and questions regarding areas of satisfaction. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 18.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>Out of 40, 55% (22/40) of them were found depressed (as assessed through DSM-lV), 50% (20/40) were having difficulty in making new contact but 52.5% (21/40) were satisfied with family care.</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>Sixty percent (24/40) of blind school children experienced difficulty in their life. This study showed that blindness or low vision does have psychological implications like feeling of guilt, anxiety, sadness &amp; depression.</p>

PY - 2016
SP - 431
EP - 4
T2 - Pakistan journal of medical sciences
TI - Psychosocial implications of blindness and low vision in students of a school for children with blindness.
VL - 32
SN - 1682-024X
ER -