Visual impairment following stroke: do stroke patients require vision assessment?

Background: the types of visual impairment followings stroke are wide ranging and encompass low vision, eye movement and visual field abnormalities, and visual perceptual difficulties.

Objective: the purpose of this paper is to present a 1-year data set and identify the types of visual impairment occurring following stroke and their prevalence.

Methods: a multi-centre prospective observation study was undertaken in 14 acute trust hospitals.