Association of visual impairment with disability: a population-based study.
Journal
Eye (London, England)
ISSN: 1476-5454
Titre abrégé: Eye (Lond)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8703986
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2022
03 2022
Historique:
received:
25
08
2020
accepted:
25
02
2021
revised:
23
02
2021
pubmed:
19
3
2021
medline:
19
4
2022
entrez:
18
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To determine the relationship between visual impairment and other disabilities in a developing country. In this cross-sectional ancillary study, all individuals 50 years and older in 18 communities in the Chitwan region of Nepal were administered visual acuity screening and the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS) of questions on disability. The WGSS elicits a 4-level response for six disability domains: vision, hearing, walking/climbing, memory/concentration, washing/dressing, and communication. The association between visual impairment and disability was assessed with age- and sex-adjusted logistic regression models. Overall, 4719 of 4726 individuals successfully completed visual acuity and disability screening. Median age of participants was 61 years (interquartile range: 55-69 years), and 2449 (51.9%) were female. Participants with vision worse than 6/60 in the better-seeing eye were significantly more likely to be classified as having a disability in vision (OR 18.4, 95% CI 9.9-33.5), walking (OR 5.3, 95% CI 2.9-9.1), washing (OR 9.4, 95% CI 4.0-21.1), and communication (OR 5.0, 95% CI 1.7-13.0), but not in hearing (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.006-2.2) or memory (OR 2.2, 95% CI 0.7-5.1). Visually impaired participants were more likely to self-report disabilities, though causality could not be ascertained. Public health programs designed to reduce visual impairment could use the WGSS to determine unintended benefits of their interventions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33731892
doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01498-x
pii: 10.1038/s41433-021-01498-x
pmc: PMC8873270
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
540-546Subventions
Organisme : FIC NIH HHS
ID : D43 TW009343
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
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