Comparative study of quality of life among blind and normal students

The present study was conducted to compare quality of life of blind and normal students in different domains namely, physical health, psychological functioning, social relationships and environmental functioning, in addition overall quality of life and general health. Hence, a sample of 60 students was used, in which 30 were blinds and 30 were normal students. To measure the quality of life WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire developed by World Health Organization (1997) was used. Data were analyzed by t-test. The findings revealed that the blind and normal subjects did not differ significantly on physical health, social relationships and general health, while these two groups differ significantly on the domain of psychological functioning, environmental functioning and overall quality of life. The results were exhaustively discussed in the light of existing findings and other possible explanations of the findings were also offered.