The Longitudinal Association of Vision Impairment With Transitions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Findings From the Aging, Demographics and Memory Study
Author(s) -
Joshua R. Ehrlich,
Bonnielin K. Swenor,
Yunshu Zhou,
Kenneth M. Langa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glab157
Subject(s) - demographics , dementia , association (psychology) , cognitive impairment , memory impairment , cognition , gerontology , cognitive aging , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , demography , disease , sociology , psychotherapist
Vision impairment (VI) is associated with incident cognitive decline and dementia. However, it is not known whether VI is associated only with the transition to cognitive impairment, or whether it is also associated with later transitions to dementia.
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