"Vision, Low" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Vision considered to be inferior to normal vision as represented by accepted standards of acuity, field of vision, or motility. Low vision generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction (e.g., MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, etc.).
| Descriptor ID |
D015354
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.751.941.905 C11.966.905 C23.888.592.763.941.848
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| Concept/Terms |
Vision, Low- Vision, Low
- Low Vision
- Vision, Reduced
- Reduced Vision
- Vision, Subnormal
- Subnormal Vision
- Vision, Diminished
- Diminished Vision
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vision, Low" by people in Profiles.
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Factors Associated with Comfort Level of School-Based Occupational Therapists in Providing Low-Vision Services. Occup Ther Health Care. 2016; 30(2):152-65.
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Factors associated with comfort level of occupational therapy practitioners in providing low vision services. Am J Occup Ther. 2014 Jan-Feb; 68(1):96-101.
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Survey of the low vision rehabilitation curricula in occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant programs. Am J Occup Ther. 2012 Nov-Dec; 66(6):e114-8.
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Impaired vision along with a headache in an elderly man. JAAPA. 2011 Oct; 24(10):73-4.
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Distance telescopes: a survey of user success. Optom Vis Sci. 2000 May; 77(5):260-9.