Visually Impaired Persons
"Visually Impaired Persons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons with loss of vision such that there is an impact on activities of daily living.
| Descriptor ID |
D019987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.150.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Visually Impaired Persons- Visually Impaired Persons
- Impaired Person, Visually
- Impaired Persons, Visually
- Person, Visually Impaired
- Persons, Visually Impaired
- Visually Impaired Person
- Blind Persons
- Blind Person
- Person, Blind
- Persons, Blind
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Visually Impaired Persons" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence and Consequences of Perceived Vision Difficulty in Aging Adults with HIV Infection. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 10; 218:268-278.
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Visual Impairment and Spectacle Use in University Students in Central China: The Anyang University Students Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2019 10; 206:168-175.
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Ophthalmic Conditions Associated with Inpatient Falls among Veterans. Optom Vis Sci. 2018 12; 95(12):1114-1119.
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Nationwide Prevalence of Self-Reported Serious Sensory Impairments and Their Associations with Self-Reported Cognitive and Functional Difficulties. Ophthalmology. 2018 04; 125(4):476-485.
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Performance of real-world functional vision tasks by blind subjects improves after implantation with the Argus? II retinal prosthesis system. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar; 45(2):152-159.
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Primary intraocular ancient schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature. Head Neck. 2014 Apr; 36(4):E36-8.
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Over-the-counter medication purchase and use by blind consumers. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Aug; 23(3):1048-57.
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Cortical visual impairment in children. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2006 Dec; 17(6):509-12.
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Over-the-counter medication labels: are we ignoring the needs of blind consumers? Optometry. 2004 Jul; 75(7):407-8.
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Prevalence and clinical features of migraine in a population of visually impaired subjects in Curitiba, Brazil. Cephalalgia. 2001 Nov; 21(9):900-5.