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Adaptation to chronic vision impairment — does African American or Caucasian race make a difference?
Author(s)	Charla A McKinzie, Joann P Reinhardt, Dolores Benn
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 29, no 2, March 2007
Pages	pp 144-162
Keywords	Visual impairment ; Adaption ; White people ; Black people ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	The purpose of this research was to determine whether race had a significant unique impact on adaptation to a common late-life impairment, age-related vision loss, after accounting for socio-demographic, health, functional disability, and personal and social resource variables. Older visually impaired African American (n=61) and Caucasian (488) applicants for vision rehabilitation service were interviewed in their homes. The results demonstrated that race accounted for unique variability in the domain-specific indicator of adaptation to age-related vision loss. The results support the importance of further work examining race differences in adaptation to specific chronic impairments in later life. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070510215 A
Classmark	BR: 5SA: TKA: TKE: 48: 7T
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