TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-reported visual difficulties in Europe and related factors: a European population-based cross-sectional survey
AU - Leveziel, Nicolas
AU - Marillet, Simon
AU - Braithwaite, Tasanee
AU - Peto, Tunde
AU - Ingrand, Pierre
AU - Pardhan, Shahina
AU - Bron, Alain
AU - Jonas, Jost
AU - Resnikoff, Serge
AU - Little, Julie-Anne
AU - Bourne, Rupert
PY - 2020/10/7
Y1 - 2020/10/7
N2 - Purpose: There is a relative paucity of self-reported vision problems data in European countries. Methods: In this context, we investigated self-reported vision problems through European Health Interview Survey 2, a cross-sectional European population survey based on a standardized questionnaire including 147 medical, demographic and socioeconomic variables applied to non-institutionalized individuals aged 15 years or more in 28 European countries, in addition to Iceland and Norway. Results: The survey included 311 386 individuals (54.18% women), with overall crude prevalence of self-reported vision problems of 2.07% [95% CI; 2.01–2.14]. Among them, 1.70 % [1.61–1.78] of men, 2.41% [2.31–2.51] of women and 4.71% [4.53–4.89] of individuals aged 60 or more reported to have a lot of vision problems or to be not able to see. The frequency of self-reported vision problems was the highest in Eastern European countries with values of 2.43% [2.30–2.56]. In multivariate analyses, limiting long-standing illness, depression, daily smoking, lack of physical activity, lower educational level and social isolation were associated with self-reported vision problems with ORs of 2.66 [2.42–2.92], 2.16 [2.01–2.32], 1.11 [1.01–1.23], 1.31 [1.21–1.42], 1.29 [1.19–1.40] and 1.45 [1.26–1.67], respectively, while higher income was associated with less self-reported vision problems with OR of 0.80 [0.73–0.86]. Conclusions: This study demonstrated inequalities in terms of prevalence of self-reported vision problems in Europe, with higher prevalence in Eastern European countries and among women and older individuals.
AB - Purpose: There is a relative paucity of self-reported vision problems data in European countries. Methods: In this context, we investigated self-reported vision problems through European Health Interview Survey 2, a cross-sectional European population survey based on a standardized questionnaire including 147 medical, demographic and socioeconomic variables applied to non-institutionalized individuals aged 15 years or more in 28 European countries, in addition to Iceland and Norway. Results: The survey included 311 386 individuals (54.18% women), with overall crude prevalence of self-reported vision problems of 2.07% [95% CI; 2.01–2.14]. Among them, 1.70 % [1.61–1.78] of men, 2.41% [2.31–2.51] of women and 4.71% [4.53–4.89] of individuals aged 60 or more reported to have a lot of vision problems or to be not able to see. The frequency of self-reported vision problems was the highest in Eastern European countries with values of 2.43% [2.30–2.56]. In multivariate analyses, limiting long-standing illness, depression, daily smoking, lack of physical activity, lower educational level and social isolation were associated with self-reported vision problems with ORs of 2.66 [2.42–2.92], 2.16 [2.01–2.32], 1.11 [1.01–1.23], 1.31 [1.21–1.42], 1.29 [1.19–1.40] and 1.45 [1.26–1.67], respectively, while higher income was associated with less self-reported vision problems with OR of 0.80 [0.73–0.86]. Conclusions: This study demonstrated inequalities in terms of prevalence of self-reported vision problems in Europe, with higher prevalence in Eastern European countries and among women and older individuals.
KW - Europe
KW - associated factors
KW - epidemiology
KW - ophthalmology
KW - prevalence
KW - vision impairment
KW - vision loss
UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/self-reported-visual-difficulties-in-europe-and-related-factors-a
UR - https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/6778
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092145441&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/aos.14643
DO - 10.1111/aos.14643
M3 - Article
C2 - 33029925
JO - Acta Ophthalmologica
JF - Acta Ophthalmologica
SN - 1755-375X
ER -