Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population

The present study aimed to examine the lifetime exposure to serious life events in people with visual impairment compared with the general population. Data were derived from a telephone survey including a probability sample of 736 adults with visual impairment (response rate: 61%). The lifetime prev...

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Autores principales:	Audun Brunes, Trond Heir
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	accidents blindness assaults prevention serious life events visual impairment Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:85776a056116419d9218a95dd1f531612021-11-11T16:39:02ZSerious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population10.3390/ijerph1821115361660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/85776a056116419d9218a95dd1f531612021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11536https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601The present study aimed to examine the lifetime exposure to serious life events in people with visual impairment compared with the general population. Data were derived from a telephone survey including a probability sample of 736 adults with visual impairment (response rate: 61%). The lifetime prevalence of direct experiences with seventeen different categories of serious life events (Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5)) were compared to that obtained from the general Norwegian population (<i>N</i> = 1792, 36% response rate). Altogether, 68% of people with visual impairment had been directly exposed to at least one serious life event, with equal rates among males and females (<i>p</i> = 0.59). The prevalence of serious life events was higher than for the general population (60%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), especially for fire or explosions, serious accidents, sexual assaults, life-threatening illness or injury, and severe human suffering. In conclusion, our results indicate that people with visual impairment are more prone to experiencing serious life events. This highlights the need for preventive strategies that reduce the risk of serious life events in this population.Audun BrunesTrond HeirMDPI AGarticleaccidentsblindnessassaultspreventionserious life eventsvisual impairmentMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11536, p 11536 (2021)
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description	The present study aimed to examine the lifetime exposure to serious life events in people with visual impairment compared with the general population. Data were derived from a telephone survey including a probability sample of 736 adults with visual impairment (response rate: 61%). The lifetime prevalence of direct experiences with seventeen different categories of serious life events (Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5)) were compared to that obtained from the general Norwegian population (<i>N</i> = 1792, 36% response rate). Altogether, 68% of people with visual impairment had been directly exposed to at least one serious life event, with equal rates among males and females (<i>p</i> = 0.59). The prevalence of serious life events was higher than for the general population (60%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), especially for fire or explosions, serious accidents, sexual assaults, life-threatening illness or injury, and severe human suffering. In conclusion, our results indicate that people with visual impairment are more prone to experiencing serious life events. This highlights the need for preventive strategies that reduce the risk of serious life events in this population.
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title	Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population
title_short	Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population
title_full	Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population
title_fullStr	Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population
title_full_unstemmed	Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population
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Serious Life Events in People with Visual Impairment Versus the General Population

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