| Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness, low vision, and visual impairment in the French community: a nationwide survey. | |
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PMID: 16087847 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of self-reported visual impairment and its association with disabilities, handicaps, and socioeconomic consequences. METHODS: A national survey was conducted on a random stratified sample of 359 010 French citizens living in the community; 21 760 subjects were selected at random and 16 945 persons (78%) agreed to further questioning. Four thousand ninety-one randomly selected caregivers were interviewed. Four subgroups of subjects were defined (blind or light perception only, low vision or still have form perception, other visual problems, and no visual problems). These were compared after adjustment for age, comorbidity, and household size differences. RESULTS: The prevalence of blindness was 0.10% and of low vision, 1.94%. Subjects with blindness needed assistance with daily activities more often than subjects with no visual problems; they also needed more house modifications. Many subjects with blindness (46.8%) and subjects with low vision (29.0%) were registered for social allowances. Subjects with blindness had fewer paid activities (4.5%) than subjects with no visual problems (20.7%). Social allowances increased considerably (by 277) between those with low vision and those with blindness. Monthly household incomes were lower (P<.001) for subjects with low vision (1255) and blindness (1587) than for subjects with no visual problems (1851). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Collected data included social demography, home description, household income, handicaps, disabilities, social allowances, and daily activities. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate associations between self-reported visual impairment and daily living. |
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Antoine Pierre Brézin; Antoine Lafuma; Francis Fagnani; Mounir Mesbah; Gilles Berdeaux |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Archives of ophthalmology Volume: 123 ISSN: 0003-9950 ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Ophthalmol. Publication Date: 2005 Aug |
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Created Date: 2005-08-09 Completed Date: 2005-08-18 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7706534 Medline TA: Arch Ophthalmol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1117-24 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Service d'ophtalmologie, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médicine, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris 5, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679 Paris CEDEX 14, France. antoine.brezin@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr |
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Activities of Daily Living Adult Aged Blindness / economics*, epidemiology Cost of Illness* Disability Evaluation Female France / epidemiology Health Surveys Humans Male Middle Aged Prevalence Self Disclosure Vision, Low / economics*, epidemiology Visually Impaired Persons / statistics & numerical data* |
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