I nuläget finns det begränsat med forskning hur det går för de personer som opererar bort ett öga. Detta kan medföra att ögonsjuksköterskan ger otillräcklig information till patient och anhöriga i samband med att det är aktuellt att bära protes. Därför var det av intresse att undersöka den synrelaterade livskvaliteten hos personer som genomgått en ögonamputation. Syftet var att belysa synrelaterad livskvalitet hos personer som genomgått en ögonamputation och har en ögonprotes. Studien är en tvärsnittsstudie med deskriptiv design. Datainsamlingen omfattade frågeformuläret NEI-VFQ-25 med tilläggsfrågor, där deltagarna var vuxna personer som genomgått en ögonamputation de senaste fem åren. Resultatet visade att deltagarna hade lägre synrelaterad livskvalitet än personer i kontrollgruppen från H70-studien 2014/2015 med och utan påverkan på synförmågan. Mest besvär hade deltagarna med sidoseende och aktiviteter både på nära och långt håll. Resultatet av studien kan ge ögonsjuksköterskan fördjupad kunskap som kan användas i personcentrerad vård som stöd för att uppmuntra personen som genomgått en ögon amputation och att på bästa sätt hantera sin nya livssituation. Forskning omfattande synrelaterad livskvalitet hos samtliga vuxna personer i Sverige som genomgått en ögonamputation och har ögonprotes vore av intresse, eftersom resultatet baseras på en grupp patienter vid en ögonklinik. / At the moment there is little research about the outcome of people who have had an eye surgically removed. This may result in an ophthalmic nurse giving insufficient information to patients and relatives. Therefore, it would be interesting to investigate the vision related quality of life in relation to the eyesight of persons who have undergone an eye amputation. The purpose was to illustrate the vision related quality of life of people who have been subject to an eye amputation and have an eye prothesis. The study is a cross-sectional study with a descriptive design. The data collection was conducted using the questionnaire NEI-VFQ-25 together with supplementary questions which was sent to adults who have undergone an eye amputation in the last five years. The results showed that eye amputees had lower vision-related quality of life than participants in a control group from the H70 study 2014/2015 with and without visual symptoms. The biggest inconvenience for the participants was peripheral vision and both near activities and distance activities. The results of the study can provide the ophthalmic nurse with a deeper knowledge to be used working with personcentered care and provide thourough information to support persons how has went through an eye amputation to manage their new life situation. Further research on eye amputees vision-related quality of life nationally is needed because the result is based on a limited study group.

Many individuals with impaired vision experience a decreased quality of life. Quality of life is defined as "the degree to which an individual enjoys the important possibilities of their life. " Vision rehabilitation outcomes primarily focus on the functional impacts of interventions, with less attention being paid to any associated psychosocial impacts. This study examines the relationship between measures of visual function status and psychosocial status in individuals acquiring low vision assistive devices for the first time. One hundred and twenty subjects were evaluated after purchasing their first low vision device from a University-based low vision clinic. The measures used were the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ 25) and the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scales (PIADS). The NEI-VFQ 25 measures the status of visual function, while PIADS is a device impact measure, which explores the psychosocial impact of devices on three domains: competence, adaptability, and self-esteem. This study determines the strength of association between these two measures at initial and follow-up administrations, and between each subsequent measure as a result of the time interval between administrations, in addition to assessing whether or not a change in stability for the measures occurred over time. Modest strengths of associations were anticipated and the short time interval was not expected to be a factor in change in stability of the measures. The expectation was that subjective reports of functional changes should have a moderate correlation with psychosocial impact.

Many individuals with impaired vision experience a decreased quality of life. Quality of life is defined as "the degree to which an individual enjoys the important possibilities of their life. " Vision rehabilitation outcomes primarily focus on the functional impacts of interventions, with less attention being paid to any associated psychosocial impacts. This study examines the relationship between measures of visual function status and psychosocial status in individuals acquiring low vision assistive devices for the first time. One hundred and twenty subjects were evaluated after purchasing their first low vision device from a University-based low vision clinic. The measures used were the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ 25) and the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scales (PIADS). The NEI-VFQ 25 measures the status of visual function, while PIADS is a device impact measure, which explores the psychosocial impact of devices on three domains: competence, adaptability, and self-esteem. This study determines the strength of association between these two measures at initial and follow-up administrations, and between each subsequent measure as a result of the time interval between administrations, in addition to assessing whether or not a change in stability for the measures occurred over time. Modest strengths of associations were anticipated and the short time interval was not expected to be a factor in change in stability of the measures. The expectation was that subjective reports of functional changes should have a moderate correlation with psychosocial impact.