Open AccessSelf-Reported Age-Related Eye Diseases and Visual Impairment in the United States: Results of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey
Author(s) -
Asel Ryskulova,
Kathleen M. Turczyn,
Diane M. Makuc,
Mary Frances Cotch,
Richard J.T. Klein,
R Janiszewski
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.098202
Subject(s) - visual impairment , medicine , diabetic retinopathy , macular degeneration , glaucoma , national health interview survey , logistic regression , diabetes mellitus , epidemiology , odds ratio , optometry , public health , blindness , eye disease , cross sectional study , demography , gerontology , ophthalmology , environmental health , population , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , sociology , endocrinology
We sought to establish national data on the prevalence of visual impairment, blindness, and selected eye conditions (cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and macular degeneration) and to characterize these conditions within sociodemographic subgroups.