Eye Disease Prevalence and VF-14 Validation Among Patients Experiencing Homelessness and Presenting for Ophthalmic Examination in Baltimore, Maryland

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is projected to drive 1.5 million Americans toward homelessness, adding to the 3.5 million currently affected. Homelessness poses both socioeconomic and public health challenges because housing status is a social determinant of health. Given ophthalmi...

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Published in:Translational vision science & technology 2023-11, Vol.12 (11), p.7-7
Main Authors: Vinnett, Alfred, Tariq, Zeshan, Alvarez, Jason A, Andrews, Laura, Okezie, Nneoma, Levin, Moran R, Kaleem, Mona A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Baltimore - epidemiology
Glaucoma
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons
Middle Aged
Ocular Hypertension
Prevalence
Quality of Life
Refractive Intervention
Reproducibility of Results
Vision Disorders - diagnosis
Vision Disorders - epidemiology
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Summary:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is projected to drive 1.5 million Americans toward homelessness, adding to the 3.5 million currently affected. Homelessness poses both socioeconomic and public health challenges because housing status is a social determinant of health. Given ophthalmic health's importance in daily functioning, we characterized ophthalmic disease and vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) among a population experiencing homelessness in Baltimore, Maryland. Questionnaires, including a Visual Function Index-14 (VF-14) for measuring VRQOL, were administered among patients seeking eye examinations at Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) from October 2018 to March 2020. One hundred sixty-two participants were enrolled in this study. The average age was 53 years. Participants' most common vision concerns were blurry vision (70%) and desire for glasses (52%). Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measurements revealed significant vision loss (18%, P 
ISSN:2164-2591
2164-2591
DOI:10.1167/tvst.12.11.7