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KMID : 1159320070090010065
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Korean Journal of Vision Science
2007 Volume.9 No. 1 p.65 ~ p.77
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A Study on Quality of Life by age and occupation in Progressive Addition Lens User
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Hong Jin-Seok
Mah Ki-Choong
Kim Hak-Jun
Doo Ha-Young
Bae Hyun-Ju
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate an effect that presbyopia correction with PAL(Progressive Addition Lens) influences upon the vision related quality of life. Seventy presbyopes over 45 years old in the capital region put a new PAL spectacles for more than 1 month. NEI VFQ questionnaire was used to compare the quality of life after using PAL spectacles and to analyze how much the quality of life has been improved.
The quality of life between male and female had not a difference, however it was significantly improved all in two groups after the experiment. There were not differences among 3 age groups, however a group of 40s years old was improved in extremely many measuring area, and as age was higher, improving items about the quality of life was significantly decreased after the experiment. There were no differences between office workers and out-door workers, however two groups were improved significantly after the experiment.
As the result, Presbyopia correction by using PAL is thought to improve the quality of life significantly in their mental, social, visual and functional areas.
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KEYWORD
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PAL, Spectacle, Presbyopia, Quality of life, NEI-VFQ
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