Knowledge toward sense of vision | Pre intervention n = 531 | Post intervention n = 531 | P-value | ||||||
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Correct | Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect | ||||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
The sense of vision decreases in the elderly | 510 | 96.0 | 21 | 4.0 | 531 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.000* |
Does the elderly ability to see clearly impaired | 514 | 96.8 | 17 | 3.2 | 527 | 99.2 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.004* |
Does the elderly person’s ability to focus decreases to see one thing at different distances (especially seeing small nearby objects such as the sewing needle hole- the warnings written on the medicine box. Also, reading the small font | 498 | 93.8 | 33 | 6.2 | 507 | 95.5 | 24 | 4.5 | 0.220 |
Does the elderly person’s ability to see small things close to him, such as the hole of a sewing needle, and to read the warnings written on the medicine box in small font, decrease? | 444 | 83.6 | 87 | 16.4 | 487 | 91.7 | 44 | 8.3 | 0.000* |
Does the elderly person can differentiate between different colours (especially blue- green- violet)? | 186 | 35.0 | 345 | 65.0 | 246 | 46.3 | 285 | 53.7 | 0.000* |
Does the elderly person’s ability to see in dim light and adapt when moving from light to dark and vice versa decreases? | 430 | 81.0 | 101 | 19.0 | 464 | 87.4 | 67 | 12.6 | 0.004* |
Does the elderly's ability to see and adapt to bright light increase? | 222 | 41.8 | 309 | 58.2 | 257 | 48.4 | 274 | 51.6 | 0.031* |
Does the elderly's ability decrease to see distances correctly? | 433 | 81.5 | 98 | 18.5 | 483 | 91.0 | 48 | 9.0 | 0.000* |
Does impair vision affect daily activities such as: walking- going outside- moving to/from the bed or chair? | 377 | 71.0 | 154 | 29.0 | 465 | 87.6 | 66 | 12.4 | 0.000* |
Does impair vision affect the increased incidence of falls (falls)? | 498 | 93.8 | 33 | 6.2 | 507 | 95.5 | 24 | 4.5 | 0.220 |