Self-reported Visual Difficulty, Age-related Eye Disease, and Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Self-reported visual difficulty is consistently associated with dementia and other neuropsychiatric outcomes, but studies of specific age-related eye diseases have yielded conflicting results.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from The National Health and Aging Trends Study, an ongoing nationally representative survey of older U.S. adults (n = 10,089). All subjects are screened for self-reported visual difficulty annually. Using linked Medicare claims data, we identified subjects with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), diabetic retinopathy, and cataract. For each condition, controls with complete Medicare eligibility and at least one eye care encounter were selected. We used semiparametric dis

SUBMITTER: Hamedani AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11543918 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature