Longitudinal Associations Between Visual Impairment and Cognitive Functioning: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Worsening vision and declining cognitive functioning are common conditions among elderly individuals. Understanding the association between them could be beneficial in mitigating age-related cognitive changes.

Objective

To evaluate the longitudinal associations between visual impairment and cognitive function over time in a population-based study of older US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective longitudinal population-based study of older adults in the greater Salisbury area in Maryland. Overall, 2520 community-residing adults aged 65 to 84 years were assessed at baseline between September 1993 and August 1995 (round 1) and 2 (round 2), 6 (round 3), and 8 (round 4) years later.

Main outcomes and measures

Visual acuity (VA) was measur

SUBMITTER: Zheng DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142982 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature