Post

New research · Ophthalmology
Health and quality of life outcomes · 23h
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
Read paper
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.

“
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.

Read paper
0 comments

No comments yet. Be the first.

Related papers

LatestFoundational
Cross-sectional
44.1%
had too much homocysteine in the blood, a far larger share than in dry AMD or healthy eyes
Cohort Study
92.3%
most laser-treated eyes had a favorable eye-structure outcome
Cohort Study
56%
lost three or more lines on the eye-chart vision test
Cohort Study
50%
older patients were more likely to lose three or more lines of vision
Study
81%
trials where mask air leaks were detected blowing toward the eyes
Cohort Study
13.5%
Central retinal artery peak blood-flow speed was 13.5% lower in diabetic patients.
Study
379 +/- 156 microm
lower thickness in the central retina, checked with an eye scan
Case Report
9 of 10 eyes
eyes had better measured vision after treatment