TY - JOUR
TI - Acquiring visual impairment in late adulthood and the mortality rate — a research review
AU - Czerwińska, Kornelia
TI - Acquiring visual impairment in late adulthood and the mortality rate — a research review
AB - 
	Acquiring visual impairment in senior age results in a number of negative implications in the physical, psychological and social spheres which lead to a decrease of the quality of life. Numer-ous studies have shown a higher mortality rate among seniors who are losing vision. The studies of various patient populations have proved that visual impairment increases the risk of death, both directly and indirectly, through the negative effect it has on the indicators of physical condi-tion and psychological wellbeing. The mechanisms determining this phenomenon have not been sufficiently recognized yet and need further investigations due to the high social significance of the problem.
VL - 2019
IS - Issue 35 (2019)
PY - 2019
SN - 2080-9476
C1 - 2544-0519
SP - 227
EP - 241
DO - 10.4467/25439561.NP.19.042.12285
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/niepelnosprawnosc/article/nabycie-niepelnosprawnosci-wzroku-w-poznej-doroslosci-a-ryzyko-zgonu-przeglad-badan
KW - visual impairment
KW - vision loss
KW - late adulthood
KW - mortality