Fitzgerald R G, Ebert J N, Chambers M
Percept Mot Skills. 1987 Apr;64(2):363-78. doi: 10.2466/pms.1987.64.2.363.
A previously studied group of newly blind adults was followed up after four years. There was only a slight increase in the acquisition of blind skills, while there was a surprising continuing pervasiveness of depression and poor health. A number of variables from the original study and from the follow-up data predicted outcome measures. Significant predictors of depression and distress were poor health, being married, being nonProtestant in this predominantly Protestant London population, and lacking ability to be more independent. Higher social class and an absence of a family history of blindness predicted greater distress. Earlier acceptance of blindness, early learning of blind skills, and better preillness adjustment predicted better coping and greater use of blind skills at follow-up. The extent of the depression and poor health are discussed, and recommendations are made for caregivers.
对一组先前研究过的新近失明成年人进行了四年后的随访。盲人技能的习得仅有轻微增加，而抑郁和健康状况不佳却令人惊讶地持续普遍存在。来自原始研究和随访数据的一些变量预测了结果指标。抑郁和痛苦的显著预测因素包括健康状况不佳、已婚、在这个以新教为主的伦敦人群中并非新教徒以及缺乏更强的独立能力。较高的社会阶层和没有失明家族史预示着更大的痛苦。更早接受失明、更早学习盲人技能以及病前更好的适应能力预示着在随访时能更好地应对并更多地运用盲人技能。文中讨论了抑郁和健康不佳的程度，并为护理人员提出了建议。
