Blindness and Visual Impairment in the Medicare Population: Disparities and Association with Hip Fracture and Neuropsychiatric Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Vision loss has been associated with negative health outcomes, but population-level data on vision loss are lacking, and there are limited data on low vision-associated outcomes among women, minorities, and older age groups. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of vision loss in a nationally representative sample of older US adults and examine its association with hip fracture, depression, anxiety, and dementia. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of Medicare claims data from 2014. Blindness and low vision, hip fracture, depression, anxiety, and dementia were identified using Chronic Condition Warehouse indicator variables based on ICD-9 and CPT codes. Multivariable logistic regression models were built to examine whether sociodemographic factors

SUBMITTER: Hamedani AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641987 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature