The Thai Journal of Ophthalmology
The Opthalmological Society of Thailand

Official Publication of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist and Ophthalmological Society of Thailand

Visual Impairment Rehabilitation Programme in Ubol Rajthani

Siriluck Teerapantuwat, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology, Ubol Rajthani Hospital, Thailand.

ABSTRACT Refractive error is the forth cause of visual impairment so the rehabilitation programme had been done in Ubol Rajthani Hospital since 1989.

728 patients of visual impairment were examined. The causes of visual impairment were myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia and some cases of post - operative surgical aphakia. After the rehabilitation of visual impairment, there are 150 cases which have the vision less than 6/18 (low vision) which is 14.42%. In patients less than 14 years of age which usually have the nystagmus, have the vision less than 6/18 which is 55.56%, but in overall of cases they have the vision more than 6/18 which is 74.90-93.93%.

Thai J Ophthalaaol 1977 ; January-June 11(1) 49-54.