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VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BLINDNESS AND CATARACT PREVALENCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED VS. COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY: A META-ANALYSIS OF PREVALENCE RATES AND EVALUATION OF TRENDS SINCE 1985

RIEDEL, TATIANA MAJER, RIEDEL
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1531921728971159

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2018, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Clinical Research.
Background: Vision impairment (VI) and cataract are common causes of disability in U.S. adults age 65 and older, but are especially, highly prevalent in institutionalized elderly. Objective: To estimate prevalence of VI and cataract in both populations and compare prevalence trends since 1985. Method: A meta-analysis included studies containing both nursing home and community elderly populations. A secondary (synthetic) meta-analysis also included studies containing only one of the two populations, pooled by 10-year cohorts. Results: The meta-analytic pooled prevalence estimates for VI and cataract in nursing home elderly are .50 and .48. In community elderly, these estimates are .04 and .17 respectively. Both meta-analyses indicate significantly higher odds (p<.001) of VI in nursing home elderly (OR1=26.123, OR2=31.097) and cataract (OR1=8.868, OR2=6.378). VI trends in both groups are remaining stable. While community studies are showing a rise in cataract prevalence, nursing home studies indicate a declining trend since mid-1990’s.
Sara Debanne, PhD (Advisor)
Douglas Rowland, PhD (Committee Member)
James Spilsbury, PhD (Committee Member)
Jonathan Lass, MD (Committee Member)
68 p.
Aging; Epidemiology; Ophthalmology
vision impairment prevalence; blindness prevalence; cataract prevalence; institutionalized elderly; nursing home residents; community-dwelling older adults; meta-analysis; research synthesis

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  • RIEDEL, RIEDEL, T. M. (2018). VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BLINDNESS AND CATARACT PREVALENCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED VS. COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY: A META-ANALYSIS OF PREVALENCE RATES AND EVALUATION OF TRENDS SINCE 1985 [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1531921728971159

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  • RIEDEL, RIEDEL, TATIANA. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BLINDNESS AND CATARACT PREVALENCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED VS. COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY: A META-ANALYSIS OF PREVALENCE RATES AND EVALUATION OF TRENDS SINCE 1985 . 2018. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1531921728971159.

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  • RIEDEL, RIEDEL, TATIANA. "VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BLINDNESS AND CATARACT PREVALENCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED VS. COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY: A META-ANALYSIS OF PREVALENCE RATES AND EVALUATION OF TRENDS SINCE 1985 ." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1531921728971159

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