Department of Social Rehabilitation, Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disability, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
JBI Evid Synth. 2023 Aug 1;21(8):1687-1696. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00429.
This scoping review aims to explore and describe the barriers and enablers of low-vision rehabilitation service utilization among people 50 years or older in East and Southeast Asia.
Vision impairment is strongly associated with aging. East and Southeast Asia are experiencing a rapidly growing aging population and the associated eye-related health burdens. Despite the benefits of low-vision rehabilitation services, they are underutilized in these regions. Identifying the barriers and enablers of service utilization could be a crucial first step in making the services more accessible and, ultimately, easing the burden of this health issue.
This review will include published quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods studies and reviews that examine the barriers and/or enablers of low-vision rehabilitation service utilization among people aged 50 years or older living in East and Southeast Asia. Low-vision rehabilitation services are defined as any kind of intervention that aims to mitigate the impact of disability induced by eye-related health conditions.
A literature search of 4 databases (MEDLINE, Web of Science, Academic Search Ultimate, and Ichushi-Web), as well as a manual search of the reference lists of included articles, will be conducted to identify eligible articles. Two independent reviewers will assess the articles for inclusion. Data extraction will focus on general information of the study, demographic or descriptive information about the study population, the eye condition being studied, means of low-vision rehabilitation, and the barriers and/or enablers of service utilization. The information will be tabulated to depict the categories of barriers and enablers that influence access to services.
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本范围综述旨在探索和描述 50 岁及以上东亚和东南亚人群低视力康复服务利用的障碍和促进因素。
视力障碍与年龄增长密切相关。东亚和东南亚正经历着人口老龄化的快速增长，以及随之而来的与眼部健康相关的负担。尽管低视力康复服务具有益处，但这些地区的服务利用率较低。确定服务利用的障碍和促进因素可能是使服务更易获得的关键第一步，最终缓解这一健康问题的负担。
本综述将包括已发表的定量、定性或混合方法研究和综述，这些研究和综述考察了 50 岁及以上生活在东亚和东南亚的人群中，低视力康复服务利用的障碍和/或促进因素。低视力康复服务被定义为旨在减轻与眼部健康状况相关的残疾影响的任何干预措施。
将对 4 个数据库（MEDLINE、Web of Science、Academic Search Ultimate 和 Ichushi-Web）进行文献检索，并对纳入文章的参考文献进行手动检索，以确定符合条件的文章。两名独立评审员将评估文章是否符合纳入标准。数据提取将侧重于研究的一般信息、研究人群的人口统计学或描述性信息、正在研究的眼部疾病、低视力康复手段，以及服务利用的障碍和/或促进因素。信息将以表格形式呈现，以描述影响服务获取的障碍和促进因素类别。
Open Science Framework https://osf.io/8y2wp。
