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Reduced social participation among seniors with self-reported visual impairment and glaucoma

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  • Shicheng Jin
  • Graham E Trope
  • Yvonne M Buys
  • Elizabeth M Badley
  • Kednapa Thavorn
  • Peng Yan
  • Harrish Nithianandan
  • Ya-Ping Jin

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Objective: Social participation benefits health. We assessed the relationship between self-reported visual impairment (VI) and glaucoma versus seniors’ social participation. Methods: Data from individuals aged ≥65 years responding to the Canadian Community Health Survey Healthy Aging 2008/2009 (n = 16,369) was analyzed. Participation in eight social activities by seniors with and without self-reported VI or glaucoma was compared. Results: Seniors with VI had significantly reduced participation (p 0.05). After adjusting for the effects of age, sex, education, household income, ethnicity, job status and chronic diseases (adjusted odds ratio, aOR = 3.4 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0–5.8), seniors with VI but no glaucoma were more likely not to engage in any social activities compared to seniors without VI and no glaucoma. Seniors with glaucoma but without VI had a similar level of non-participation (aOR = 0.9, 95%% CI 0.5–1.7). Conclusions: Significantly reduced social participation was found across six community activities among seniors with self-reported VI and in three activities among those with self-reported glaucoma. Policies and programs that help seniors with VI or glaucoma engage in social activities are needed.

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  • Shicheng Jin & Graham E Trope & Yvonne M Buys & Elizabeth M Badley & Kednapa Thavorn & Peng Yan & Harrish Nithianandan & Ya-Ping Jin, 2019. "Reduced social participation among seniors with self-reported visual impairment and glaucoma," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-16, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0218540
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218540
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