Abstract
Vision impairment (VI) is a major public health concern among elderly adults and is largely preventable. 1 A recent review in the United States reported that older adults aged ≥80 years carried the heaviest burden of age-related eye disease accounting for one-third of all cases of cataract, open-angle glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. 2 Despite the substantial impact of VI in older adults, studies examining the burden and causes of VI in adults >75 years of age in Asia are limited. It must also be noted that majority of the studies involving Western populations were conducted in the 1980s and 1990s and are therefore in need of updating. In the current study, we assessed the prevalence, causes, risk factors, and impact of VI on visual functioning (VF) in old and very old adults in a multi-ethnic sample of Asian adults in Singapore.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2436-2438 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Ophthalmology |
Volume | 123 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 9 Aug 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group/statistics & numerical data
- Blindness/epidemiology
- Ethnic Groups/statistics & numerical data
- Eye Diseases/epidemiology
- Female
- Geriatric Assessment/methods
- Humans
- Independent Living/statistics & numerical data
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Risk Factors
- Sex Distribution
- Singapore/epidemiology
- Vision, Low/epidemiology
- Visually Impaired Persons/statistics & numerical data