期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 18, 期 21, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111536
关键词
accidents; blindness; assaults; prevention; serious life events; visual impairment
资金
- European Commission, Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations [ECHO/SUB/2015/718665/PREP17]
- Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted [S23/2017, S20/2018, S12/2019]
The study found that people with visual impairment are more likely to experience serious life events compared to the general population. Therefore, preventive strategies are needed to reduce the risk of serious life events in this 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 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 (N = 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 (p = 0.59). The prevalence of serious life events was higher than for the general population (60%, p < 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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