EC Ophthalmology

A retrospective study was done on 55 patients in the month of November 2021 at Mahavir Netralaya kankarbagh Patna to access the utility of household items in visual rehabilitation. Majority of the patients were of poor social economic background. Consent for the research was taken before study, no invasive technique was used. Majority of the patients express satisfaction and availability to perform simple day to day task. The researcher recommended aids as needle threader, torch light and most importantly individual counseling as per their profession. There was a bell shaped distribution of patients who participated in the research, with majority of the subjects were in the 2^nd to 5^th decade of life. Only 1/5^th of subject were female an 4/5^th are male, before coming the visual acuity of the subjects were overwhelmingly poor and had limited scope of correction using lens or glasses [1-15].

 Keywords: Low Vision; Visual Rehabilitation

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