Psychosocial implications of blindness and low vision in students of a school for children with blindness

Objective: to find out the psychosocial implications of blindness and low vision in students of blind school bahawalpur. methods: a cross sectional descriptive study was carried out in higher secondary school for blind,bahawalpur after getting approval from institutional review board of quaid-e-azam medical college,bahawalpur and principal of blind school,bahawalpur. forty willing students filled a customized questionnaire,consisting of questions about logistic variables and questions regarding areas of satisfaction. statistical analysis was performed using spss version 18. results: out of 40,55% (22/40) of them were found depressed (as assessed through dsm-lv),50% (20/40) were having difficulty in making new contact but 52.5% (21/40) were satisfied with family care. conclusion: sixty percent (24/40) of blind school children experienced difficulty in their life. this study showed that blindness or low vision does have psychological implications like feeling of guilt,anxiety,sadness & depression. © 2016,professional medical publications. all rights reserved.