Reduced social participation among seniors with self-reported visual impairment and glaucoma

Social participation benefits health. We assessed the relationship between self-reported visual impairment (VI) and glaucoma versus seniors' social participation. Data from individuals aged ≥65 years responding to the Canadian Community Health Survey Healthy Aging 2008/2009 (n = 16,369) was ana...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-07, Vol.14 (7), p.e0218540-e0218540
Main Authors: Jin, Shicheng, Trope, Graham E, Buys, Yvonne M, Badley, Elizabeth M, Thavorn, Kednapa, Yan, Peng, Nithianandan, Harrish, Jin, Ya-Ping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Aging - pathology
Aging - physiology
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Blindness
Canada - epidemiology
Cataract - epidemiology
Cataract - pathology
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Cognitive Dysfunction - epidemiology
Cognitive Dysfunction - pathology
Community participation
Confidence intervals
Data collection
Diabetic retinopathy
Diagnosis
Epidemiology
Female
Glaucoma
Glaucoma - epidemiology
Glaucoma - pathology
Health
Health care
Health surveys
Households
Humans
Impairment
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Minority & ethnic groups
Older people
People and places
People with disabilities
Population
Public health
Public Policy
Quality of life
Research and Analysis Methods
Retirement benefits
Risk factors
Self Report
Social participation
Social Sciences
Sports
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vision disorders
Vision Disorders - epidemiology
Vision Disorders - pathology
Visual impairment
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Summary:Social participation benefits health. We assessed the relationship between self-reported visual impairment (VI) and glaucoma versus seniors' social participation. Data from individuals aged ≥65 years responding to the Canadian Community Health Survey Healthy Aging 2008/2009 (n = 16,369) was analyzed. Participation in eight social activities by seniors with and without self-reported VI or glaucoma was compared. Seniors with VI had significantly reduced participation (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0218540