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- Title:
Effect of Visual Impairment on Physical and Cognitive Function in Old Age: Findings of a Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in Germany.
- Document type:
- Journal Article; Article
- Author(s):
- Hajek, André; Brettschneider, Christian; Lühmann, Dagmar; Eisele, Marion; Mamone, Silke; Wiese, Birgitt; Weyerer, Siegfried; Werle, Jochen; Pentzek, Michael; Fuchs, Angela; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G; Luck, Tobias; Bickel, Horst; Weeg, Dagmar; Koppara, Alexander; Wagner, Michael; Scherer, Martin; Maier, Wolfgang; König, Hans-Helmut
- Abstract:
- To examine how visual impairment affects physical and cognitive function in old age.A longitudinal population-based prospective cohort study.General practitioner offices at six study centers in Germany. They were observed every 1.5 years over four waves.Individuals aged 77-101 at follow-up Wave 2 (N = 2,394).Physical and cognitive function were assessed using an adapted scale that had been previously developed, and visual impairment was rated on a Likert scale (none, mild, severe or profound).Adjusting for sociodemographic factors and comorbidity, linear fixed-effects regression showed that the onset of severe visual impairment was associated with a decline in physical function score in the total sample (? = -0.15, P = .01) and in women (? = -.15, P = .03). Moreover, the onset of severe visual impairment was associated with decline in cognitive function score in the total sample (? = -0.38, P < .001) and in women (? = -0.38, P < .001) and men (? = -0.37, P = .001).Visual impairment affects physical and cognitive function in old age. Interventional strategies to postpone visual impairment may contribute to maintaining physical and cognitive function.
- Journal title abbreviation:
- J Am Geriatr Soc
- Year:
- 2016
- Journal volume:
- 64
- Journal issue:
- 11
- Pages contribution:
- 2311-2316
- Language:
- eng
- Fulltext / DOI:
- doi:10.1111/jgs.14458
- Pubmed ID:
- http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27676141
- Print-ISSN:
- 0002-8614
- TUM Institution:
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
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