TY  - JOUR
T1  - Quality of Life and Academic Experiences of Students with Visual Impairments
AU - Alworikat, Nida’ AU - Abduljaber, Salma AU - Darawsheh, Wesam 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
SP  - 77
EP  - 83
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2020.77.83
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2020.77.83
KW  - Blindness
KW  -disability
KW  -focus group
KW  -low vision
KW  -accessibility
AB  - The aim was to investigate the effects of Visual
Impairments (VIs) on the Quality of Life (QoL) of
students with low vision and blindness at the University
of Jordan and to explore their academic experiences.
Mixed research methodologies were used. In the
quantitative part, a cross-sectional design was
incorporated. The sample comprised 40 students with
visual impairments and completed the (NEI-VFQ-25)
questionnaire. In the qualitative part 6 students were audio
taped during a focus group interview. The SPSS Version
22.0 (2016, IBM Corporation, New York) was used to
analyze data of the quantitative stage. The thematic
content analysis was used in analyzing the qualitative
data. The average of the composite score in the
NEI-VFQ-25 of the total sample was 60.18±12.83 and
ranged between 25.63-96.08 out of 100. The highest mean
score in the 12 subscales was for “general health” while
the lowest mean score was for “general vision”. The
major themes from the thematic content analysis were“the
effects of the support system”, “academic challenges and
barriers” and “levels of satisfaction and QoL”. Findings
suggested that students with VIs had an average
perception of QoL in their daily life activities and lower
levels of QoL in academic experiences.
ER  -