Impact of self-reported visual impairment on quality of life in the Ibadan study of ageing

Abstract

Impairment of vision is associated with significant decrement in diverse areas of quality of life in this elderly sample. Problems with near vision were nevertheless more likely than those of distant vision to affect quality of life.

The Impact of Self-reported Visual Disability on Quality of Life among Older Persons in a Rural Area of Northeast Thailand: A Follow-up Study

“…The differences found on the measures of QOL in this study were similar in pattern to those reported in studies from other parts of the world (Bekibele & Gureje, 2008a;Chia et al, 2004;Globe, Wu, Azen, Varma, & The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study Group, 2004;Good, LaGrow, & Alpass, 2008;Horowitz et al, 2005;Jin & Wong, 2008;C. W. Wang et al, 2008;Zimdars, Nazroo, & Gjonça, 2012) making it somewhat more likely that these findings are reflective of the situation in rural Northeast Thailand for older persons who have difficulty with seeing than those reported earlier (La Grow et al, 2011).…”

“…As in these studies, those who had difficulty with seeing were found to be older (Horowitz et al, 2005;Jin & Wong, 2008), disproportionately female (Evans et al, 2002;Horowitz et al, 2005;Michon et al, 2002;Nirmalan et al, 2002;Oye & Kuper, 2007;Song et al, 2010;Wong et al, 2008), and to have a poorer perception of health (Chia et al, 2004;LaGrow et al, 2009;J. J. Wang et al, 2000) and lower rating of QOL (Bekibele & Gureje, 2008a;LaGrow, Alpass, Stephens, & Towers, 2011a;LaGrow et al, 2011b;Lamoureux, Fenwick, Moore, Klaic, Borschmann, & Hill, 2009;Nutheti, Shamanna, Nirmalan, Keeffe, Krishnaiah, Rao, & Thomas, 2006;Tran, Mahdi, Sivasubramaniam, Gudlavalleti, Gilbert, Shah, Ezelum, Abubakar, & Bankole, 2011;C. W. Wang, Chan, Ho, & Xiong, 2008) than those who were not.…”

The World Burden of Refractive Blindness

“…7 More than half of this study population had no formal education, strengthening the fact that presbyopia correction is required not only for reading and writing but for activities of daily living, such as weeding or winnowing in a Tanzanian population 8 and weaving mats or cleaning grains in a Fijian population. 9 The prevalence of uncorrected presbyopia was reported in 2005 for the first time 10 (although it is not currently included in WHO estimates).…”

“…Several studies have shown reduced quality of life in both the developed and developing world. [6][7][8][9] In an elderly …”

Understanding and Advancing the Health of Older Populations in sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Perspectives and Evidence Needs

“…[34][35][36][37][38][39][40] (ii) Health and functional impairments may significantly impact on older persons' quality of life. 41,42 (iii) Within the older population, levels of ill-health and impaired function clearly vary between sociodemographic (e.g., gender, rural/urban, socioeconomic) groups. 28,29,34,[37][38][39][40] Evidence suggests a consistently higher risk of disability, depression, dementia as well as self-reported poor health and function among older women compared to men.…”