TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Behavioral consequences of age-related low vision
JO  - Visual impairment research
A1  - Himmelsbach, Ines
A1  - Becker, Stefanie
A1  - Wahl, Hans-Werner
A1  - Heyl, Vera
A1  - Burmedi, David
SP  - 15
EP  - 15
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - 
SN  - 1388-235X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/vimr.4.1.15.15633
ID  - ref1
ER  -