Association between Vision Impairment and Physical Quality of Life Assessed Using National Surveillance Data.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

Physically unhealthy days assessments in national health surveillance datasets represent a useful metric for quantifying quality-of-life differences in those with and without vision impairment. Disproportionately poorer physical health in the visually impaired population provides further rationale for the inclusion of vision care in multidisciplinary approaches to chronic disease management.

Purpose

This study aimed to assess the association between vision impairment and health-related quality of life using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Methods

Data from each of the 50 states were extracted from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data set. Self-report of difficulty s

SUBMITTER: VanNasdale DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8505137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature