Coping Mechanism of the People with Colour Vision Defect (CVD)

Globally, 1 in 12 males and 1 in 200 females are anticipated to suffer colour vision deficiency (CVD). Previous research on CVD in Bangladesh indicates that around 3.35% of the population in the country is affected. Considering the 3.35% CVD prevalence rate and total population of Bangladesh as 169.4 million, there could be 6.3 million colour blind population in Bangladesh. Since CVD is the inability to discern between different colours the affected person faces multiple problems and challenges in daily life. Some of the CVD patients also lose their jobs due to this disability and some face serious risks in their life due to their inability to discern colour. This study included 12 Ishihara Plate-diagnosed CVD patients. The coping mechanism and CVD research literature were thoroughly reviewed. These 12 respondents completed numerous surveys and did direct/telephonic interviews. Four coping techniques were developed using the Kübler-Ross model and PMI risk management strategies. These four strategies define the coping mechanism of these 12 CVD affected respondents. How CVD affected persons avoid/accept/choose alternative options of take support from others were analyzed in this research. How CVD affected people deal with activities such as product purchase, playing video games and identify traffic symbols were also analyzed in this study.