The Optometrist
Idor De Simone optician optometrist at Maugeri Scientific - Clinical Institutes Contactologist www.facebook.com/idordesimone/
VISION AND SOCIAL WELFARE Vision is certainly an element of great importance in people’s quality of life. The collaboration between the different professionals involved in the “vision take care” could be the key to get the best possible care. We talk about it with Idor De Simone, Ph.D. in Visual Sciences, Optometrist, Master in Clinical Neuroscience and Contactologist.
VISION & SOCIAL WELFARE: IN THE WORLD… - There are about 39 million blind people and about 1 billion people with various visual impairments, mostly shortsighted. - Of these, 12 million children have a visual impairment due to refractive errors. - The costs of covering refractive errors are estimated at $14.3 billion. - It is estimated that by 2050 half of the world’s population could be myopic, with the highest prevalence in East Asia including China, Japan and Singapore. - People who see badly double the probability of falls and accidents with severe trauma damage. - Severe visual deficits are associated with depressive and anxious forms. - Visual deficits that lead to low vision result in home care that generates high costs.
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VEDERE INTERNATIONAL – Nov / Dec 2020
