@article{ref1,
title="Behavioral consequences of age-related low vision",
journal="Visual impairment research",
year="2002",
author="Himmelsbach, Ines and Becker, Stefanie and Wahl, Hans-Werner and Heyl, Vera and Burmedi, David",
volume="4",
number="1",
pages="15-15",
abstract="This review article focuses on the impact of age-related low vision on behavioral competence, including activities of daily living, mobility, and leisure pursuits. Empirical findings are used to illustrate that vision impairment leads to a significant decline in behavioral competence among the elderly. In particular, age-related low vision is shown to be a significant and unique predictor of performance on activities of daily living, stronger than hearing impairment, yet less influential than many other age-related health problems. Age-related low vision also seems to be highly detrimental to mobility and the pursuit of vision-dependent leisure activities; however, evidence also suggests that the visually impaired elderly can effectively compensate for or otherwise adapt to declines in competence domains. Integrated in this review is a brief description of instruments that have been developed to measure vision-related functional difficulty.   <p>LAnguage: Eng</p>",
language="",
issn="1388-235X",
doi="10.1076/vimr.4.1.15.15633",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/vimr.4.1.15.15633"
}