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Cross-sectionalHealth and quality of life outcomes · 2026

Childhood visual impairment and health-related quality of life in Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional study.

Nana Akwasi Owusu Mensah, Josephine Ampomah Boateng, Isaiah Osei Duah Junior … Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo
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OphthalmologyCross-sectional

Visual impairment is linked to lower overall quality-of-life scores in Ghanaian children.

Childhood visual impairment and health-related quality of life in Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional study.

Nana Akwasi Owusu Mensah … Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo
Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026
Background

Although visual impairment (visual impairment) is known to affect children's development, there is limited evidence on how visual impairment influences health-related quality of life (health-related quality of life) among children in Ghana.

Purpose

This study aimed to assess the relationship between childhood visual impairment and health-related quality of life.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among children aged 2 to 18 years in selected districts of the Ashanti Region, Ghana.

n = 581 children
β= -5.650, p= 0.016
Results
β= -5.650, p= 0.016
lower quality of life scores independently linked to visual impairment, after adjusting for other factors
n = 581 children
More results

A total of 581 children participated (mean ± SD age: 8.64 ± 4.00 years), with females representing 53.0% of the sample.

More results

Both child-reported and parent-reported scores showed significantly reduced health-related quality of life among children with visual impairment across all PedsQL domains compared with children without visual impairment, with school (p < 0.001) and emotional (p = 0.005) functions of child-reported showing statistical significance.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Childhood visual impairment is associated with substantial reductions in multiple dimensions of health-related quality of life.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

These findings underscore the need to strengthen early detection, clinical management, and school-based vision support services to improve pediatric eye care in Ghana.

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