Visual impairment service review
British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
; 18(4):165-168, 2022.
Article
in English
| CINAHL | ID: covidwho-2025621
ABSTRACT
Aims:
To assess the quality of documentation of patients with a visual impairment within a neurosurgery department to see if they have a corresponding vision alert within their medical notes.Methods:
Retrospective case note analysis over 3 years of neurosurgical patients diagnosed with a space occupying lesion involving the anterior fossa near the optic apparatus was conducted. Post-surgical clinical assessment validated by formal visual assessment revealed 56 patients had a visual impairment diagnosis. Visual acuity and visual field mean deviations in the best eye were studied, along with the documentation of a vision alert. A total of nine patients did not meet the inclusion criteria and were removed from the study.Results:
Out of 47 patients, four were found to have a severe sight impairment. Only 11 (23.40%) patients had a vision alert on their medical records. Out of the 47 patients with a visual impairment, three patients certified as sight impaired and severely sight impaired (75%) did not have a vision alert on their medical record.Conclusions:
Although visual impairment was common in this study population, most patients had useful vision. Documentation to alert clinicians and carers about visual impairment was poor and needs improvement.
Vision Disorders -- Epidemiology -- England; Electronic Health Records; Quality Assessment; Neurosurgery; Brain Neoplasms -- Surgery; Human; Retrospective Design; Visual Acuity; Descriptive Statistics; Visual Fields; Certification; Prevalence; England; Data Analysis Software; COVID-19 Pandemic; Male; Female; Adult; Middle Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and Over
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British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
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2022
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