{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Jolley E"],"funding":["Sightsavers and CBM","Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office","Irish Aid"],"pagination":["i30-i41"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12709043"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(Supplement_1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Individuals who do not perceive they have a health problem will not seek care, risking a deterioration of health status. We sought to understand how visually impaired individuals aged ≥50 y from 12 studies across sub-Saharan Africa self-reported their difficulties seeing, and to identify the factors associated with under-reporting.<h4>Methods</h4>We used R software to assess overall agreement between self-report and clinical assessment with a weighted kappa, and described the proportion of individuals accurately reporting, over-reporting and under-reporting their difficulties seeing. We used logistic regression to explore factors associated with under-reporting.<h4>Results</h4>In total, 5777/32 548 participants had moderate vision impairment (VI) or worse. Overall, agree"],"journal":["International health"],"pubmed_title":["Under-reporting difficulties in seeing among older people with clinically assessed vision impairment: an exploration of 12 surveys from sub-Saharan Africa."],"pmcid":["PMC12709043"],"funding_grant_id":["205210-265","8219","10-2017"],"pubmed_authors":["Owoeye J","Kerkula J","Mustapha J","Kashadakawo M","Ramyil A","Jolley E","Bechange S","Schmidt E","Traore L","Pye S","Boniface J","Jeyam A","Badiane M","Mdala S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Under-reporting difficulties in seeing among older people with clinically assessed vision impairment: an exploration of 12 surveys from sub-Saharan Africa.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Individuals who do not perceive they have a health problem will not seek care, risking a deterioration of health status. We sought to understand how visually impaired individuals aged ≥50 y from 12 studies across sub-Saharan Africa self-reported their difficulties seeing, and to identify the factors associated with under-reporting.<h4>Methods</h4>We used R software to assess overall agreement between self-report and clinical assessment with a weighted kappa, and described the proportion of individuals accurately reporting, over-reporting and under-reporting their difficulties seeing. We used logistic regression to explore factors associated with under-reporting.<h4>Results</h4>In total, 5777/32 548 participants had moderate vision impairment (VI) or worse. Overall, agree","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Dec","modification":"2026-06-07T05:07:19.957Z","creation":"2026-06-07T03:07:10.903Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12709043","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41403168"],"doi":["10.1093/inthealth/ihaf095"]}}