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Abstract
Childhood blindness refers to a group of diseases and conditions occurring in childhood or early adolescence. Blindness is a significant public health problem that affects the health, economic well-being, and productivity of individuals, families, and society as a whole. Adjustment is described as the process of responding to life’s demands and stresses. Aims: the aim of this study was to assess girls’ adjustment with blindness. Design: A descriptive design was used to this study. Setting: the study was conducted at two schools for blind girls in Cairo and Mansoura cities, Egypt. Sample: purposive sample (47 in Cairo school and 66 in Mansoura School) were included in the study for a total sample of 113 girls. Tools: The data were collected using a structured interviewing questionnaire form, consisted of 8 parts: part I: Socio-demographic data for girls, part II: Girl’s health history related to vision loss, part III: Medical history of girls’, part IV: Menstrual history, part V: Assess girl’s knowledge about blindness, part VI: Health problems of girl’s with blindness, part VII: Assessment of girl’s practices towards daily living activities& part VIII: Assessment of girl’s adjustment towards blindness. Results: the mean age of the studied girl’s was 14.5±1.8, 46% of the studied girls were blind since birth, that 87.6% of studied girls’ had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding blindness, 64.6% of the studied girls had high total adjustment toward blindness. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant relation between socio-demographic characteristics and level of girls with blindness knowledge. There was statistically significant relation total adjustment and Daily living activities independence level. There was no statistically significant relation between activities of daily living and level of girls with blindness knowledge. Recommendations: Training programs that include essential skills the girls’ need to work competitively and live independently including skills to help to travel alone, to gain confidence to live successfully and pursue their professional goals. Further research is suggested to assess quality of life of girls’ with blindness. The difficulties they face in education & social activities. How to involve blind girls in events about them and express their suggestions for improvement & how their voice can be heard by decision makers, Encourage girls with blindness participate in social life.