Rehabilitation for Persons with Visual Impairment, Daily Living Skills,
Self Esteem and Quality of Life of Persons with Visual Impairment
in Bangkok Metropolitan Areas

Prapasson Sangsre¹, Buathong Sawangsopakul, M.S.²

¹prapasson_n@hotmail.com, ¹prapasson.n@gmail.com

Abstract

This research, the purposes were to study as followed; 1) To study the level of rehabilitation for persons with visual impairment, daily living skills, self esteem and quality of life of persons with visual impairment. 2) To compare the personal factors of quality of life of persons with visual impairment. 3) To study correlation between results of visual rehabilitation and quality of life of persons with visual impairment. 4) To study correlation between daily living skills and quality of life of persons with visual impairment. 5) To study correlation between self esteem and quality of life of persons with visual impairment. Subjects were one hundred and ninety persons. The research tools were questionnaires. SPSS program was used for data analysis. Statistical methods used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, multiple comparison (LSD) and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The statistical significance was set at .05 level.

The results were as followed; 1) Rehabilitation for persons with visual impairment, daily living skills, self Esteem and quality of life of persons with visual impairment were at high level. 2) Difference in sex, age, marital status, habitation did make difference in quality of life with statistical significance at .05 .001 .05 .01 and .001 respectively. 3) Rehabilitation for persons with visual impairment was positively correlated with quality of life of persons with visual impairment with statistical significance at .001 4) Daily living skills was positively correlated with quality of life with statistical significance at .001. 5) Self esteem was positively correlated with quality of life with statistical significance at .001

Keywords:Rehabilitation for Persons with Visual Impairment, Daily Living Skills,
Self Esteem and Quality of Life of Persons with Visual Impairment