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- Brunnström, Gunilla, 2000, et al.
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Quality of light and quality of life - the effect of lighting adaptation among people with low vision
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Ingår i: Ophthal Physiol Opt. - : Wiley. - 0275-5408. ; 24, s. 274-280
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PURPOSE: The study has investigated the effect of lighting on the daily activities (ADL) of the visually impaired in their homes by comparison before and after light adjustments were made in the kitchen, hall and bathroom. It has also investigated the additional effects on the quality of life after providing task lighting in the living room. METHOD: A total of 56 people were consecutively recruited from those receiving lighting adaptation help by the Low Vision Clinic in Goteborg. Ten persons did not complete the study. After medical examinations, lighting standards and psychosocial factors were charted. After lighting improvements were carried out in the kitchen, hall and bathroom, the subjects were randomly divided into two groups, an intervention and a comparison group. The task lighting in the living room was also improved for those included in the intervention group. Follow-up interviews to determine ADL and quality of life were performed 6 months after lighting adaptation. RESULTS: A marked effect on quality of life of the lighting in the living room was found for the intervention group. The effect on ADL of the basic lighting adaptation in kitchen, hall and bathroom for both groups was significant for tasks carried out on the working surface in the kitchen. Other activities in the kitchen and in the bathroom tended to improve but changes were not significant. CONCLUSION: The results confirm that it is possible to increase quality of life by improving the lighting conditions.
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- Martin, Lene, et al.
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Visual function in young adults following intrauterine growth retardation
- 2004
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Ingår i: J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. - : SLACK, Inc.. ; 41:4, s. 212-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) resulting in infants born small for gestational age is a known risk factor for neurologic deficits and may predispose to poor cognitive development later in life. We recently found an association between IUGR and a reduced neuroretinal rim area at 18 years of age. We evaluated the possible association between IUGR and visual function. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We studied 26 subjects who had been born small for gestational age and 20 subjects whose birth weights were appropriate for gestational age (controls) using letter acuity thresholds, color vision testing, full-threshold frequency doubling technology perimetry, and rarebit perimetry at 18 years of age. gestational age had a rarebit hit rate below the normal range as compared with none of the controls (P = .006). These 8 subjects had a significantly smaller rim-disc ratio compared with the subjects who were small for gestational age who had a normal rarebit hit rate (P = .047). The frequency doubling technology indices did not differ significantly between the control group and the group that was small for gestational age, nor did the visual acuity, refraction, and color vision test results. CONCLUSION: These data indicate that IUGR is associated with an increased rate of impaired visual function, which can be detected by using rarebit perimetry but not frequency doubling technology perimetry, visual acuity, or color vision tests.
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- Wårdh, Inger, et al.
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Oral bacteria and clinical variables in dependent individuals at a special facility.
- 2004
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Ingår i: International journal of dental hygiene. - : Wiley. - 1601-5029 .- 1601-5037. ; 2:4, s. 185-92
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The oral health of dependent residents at special facilities has often been reported as being poor, but it is difficult to relate oral health to general health and define the need for oral health care. Microbiological analyses of the oral flora have been suggested as a suitable method for evaluating oral health in this group of patients. A study was performed at a nursing facility where 33 individuals participated. The aim was to describe their oral flora in relation to other health variables and to classify the residents on different risk levels. An oral examination of the residents was made at the facility, together with a 3-day food record and an oral microbiological analysis. The analysis classified the residents in different categories according to both acid-producing bacteria and the flora correlated with a reduction in general health. The categories were based on previous studies conducted at the Department of Microbiology (Faculty of Odontology in Göteborg). The present study revealed that the level for acid-producing bacteria was high in 12 individuals and the micriobial level according to decreased general health was high in seven individuals. A high level of acid-producing bacteria was related to functional impairment, which was in turn related to nutritional problems and help with oral hygiene. The microbial level according to the reduction in general health did not significantly correlate with other variables.
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