Prevalence of self-reported chronic conditions and poor health among older adults with and without vision impairment in China: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

Autor: Nathan Congdon, Xiaoyun Liu, Xiaochen Ma, Yiran Gu, Haozhe Cheng, Xiaodong Dong
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMJ Open Ophthalmology, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2397-3269
DOI: 10.1136/bmjophth-2022-001211
Popis: Objective To examine the self-reported prevalence of 13 chronic conditions and poor health among Chinese adults aged 45 years and older with and without self-reported vision impairment.Design Cross-sectional study from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2018, a nationally representative survey of Chinese adults aged 45 years and older involving 19 374 participants.Methods We used logistic regression to assess the association between vision impairment and 13 common chronic conditions and between vision impairment and poor health for those with any of these chronic conditions.Results Older people with self-reported vision impairment were significantly more likely to report all 13 chronic conditions (all p
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