Association of Vision Loss and Work Status in the United States

Sherrod, Cheryl; Vitale, Susan; Frick, Kevin D.; Ramulu, Pradeep Y.

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.2213

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“…While the presence of depressive symptoms in individuals with eye disease may lead to decreased physical activity [ 26 ], depression itself has been found to also be a consequence of physical activity restriction [ 27 ]. A similar argument can be made about employment status and physical activity [ 28 ]. Therefore, the metrics for evaluating depressive symptoms, employment status, and driving status were not deemed appropriate to be added to our models seeking the association between vision and physical activity.…”

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Evaluation of real-world mobility in age-related macular degeneration

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BackgroundPrevious research has suggested an association between poor vision and decreased mobility, including restricted levels of physical activity and travel away from home. We sought to determine the impact of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on these measures of mobility.MethodsFifty-seven AMD patients with bilateral, or severe unilateral, visual impairment were compared to 59 controls with normal vision. All study subjects were between the ages of 60 and 80. Subjects wore accelerometers and cellular network-based tracking devices over 7 days of normal activity. Number of steps taken, time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), number of excursions from home, and time spent away from home were the primary outcome measures.ResultsIn multivariate negative binomial regression models adjusted for age, gender, race, comorbidities, and education, AMD participants took fewer steps than controls (18% fewer steps per day, p = 0.01) and spent significantly less time in MVPA (35% fewer minutes, p < 0.001). In multivariate logistic regression models adjusting for age, sex, race, cognition, comorbidities, and grip strength, AMD subjects showed an increased likelihood of not leaving their home on a given day (odds ratio = 1.36, p = 0.04), but did not show a significant difference in the magnitude of time spent away from home (9% fewer minutes, p = 0.11).ConclusionAMD patients with poorer vision engage in significantly less physical activity and take fewer excursions away from the home. Further studies identifying the factors mediating the relationship between vision loss and mobility are needed to better understand how to improve mobility among AMD patients.

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Evaluation of real-world mobility in age-related macular degeneration

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“…Work-related characteristics of the visually impaired (n ¼ 58) and normally sighted participants with paid employment (n ¼ 189) are presented in Table 3. The employment rate in the visually impaired sample was low compared to global estimates, 39,40 and significantly lower than for participants with normal vision, also after adjustment for age (OR 0.09; 95% CI [0.06, 0.15]). Furthermore, percentage of absenteeism from work, mean need for recovery, problematic need for recovery, and mean hindrance during unpaid work were significantly higher for participants with visual impairment than for those with normal sight.…”

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The Economic Burden of Visual Impairment and Comorbid Fatigue: A Cost-of-Illness Study (From a Societal Perspective)

Schakel

Bode

et al. 2018

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.

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“…As a high proportion of patients with vision loss lose their jobs, associated factors of unemployment are identified, such as diabetic pathology, being a woman and young age at the diagnosis (lower than 55 years old). Only 24% of women with low vision are working vs. 58% of men (Sherrod et al, 2014 ).…”

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Revisiting Vision Rehabilitation

Meyniel

Bodaghi

Robert

2017

Front. Syst. Neurosci.

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Low vision is a condition caused by eye or brain disease, in which visual acuity is 20/70 (3/10 or 6/18) or poorer in the better-seeing eye and cannot be corrected or improved with regular eyeglasses. It impacts personal ability to perform vision-dependent tasks as activities of daily living, walking, reading or using a computer. Rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary training dedicated to improve patients’ functional abilities and quality of life. It has to be personalized to every individual situation, whatever the underlying pathology.

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Association of Vision Loss and Work Status in the United States

Cited by 49 publications

References 7 publications

Evaluation of real-world mobility in age-related macular degeneration

Evaluation of real-world mobility in age-related macular degeneration

The Economic Burden of Visual Impairment and Comorbid Fatigue: A Cost-of-Illness Study (From a Societal Perspective)

Revisiting Vision Rehabilitation

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