The lancet global health commission on global eye health: vision beyond 2020

MJ Burton, J Ramke, AP Marques… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Eye health and vision have widespread and profound implications for many aspects of life,
health, sustainable development, and the economy. Yet nowadays, many people, families …

Visual impairment and mental health: unmet needs and treatment options

DL Demmin, SM Silverstein - Clinical ophthalmology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose An estimated 2.2 billion people are visually impaired worldwide. Given that age-
related vision loss is a primary cause of vision impairment, this number is projected to rise …

Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an …

JD Steinmetz, RRA Bourne, PS Briant… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing
global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the …

The prevalence of vision impairment and blindness among older adults in India: findings from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India

JR Ehrlich, A Agarwal, C Young, J Lee, DE Bloom - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
Vision impairment and blindness are strongly associated with aging and late-life disability.
While home to about 17% of the world's population, an estimated 25% of visually impaired …

The association between vision impairment and social participation in community-dwelling adults: a systematic review

K Shah, CR Frank, JR Ehrlich - Eye, 2020 - nature.com
Vision impairment (VI) is an important contributor to the global burden of disability and is
associated with decreased well-being. Recent research has attempted to devise a …

Global, regional, and national years lived with disability due to blindness and vision loss from 1990 to 2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

S Li, E Ye, J Huang, J Wang, Y Zhao, D Niu… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Purpose This study aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of burden estimates and
the secular trend of blindness and vision loss, as measured by years lived with disability …

Trend and driving factors in burden of age-related macular degeneration in older adults aged 60–89 years: a global analysis over three decades

QY Ni, MY Wu, CK Zha, Y Wen, L Zhong… - Age and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background To explore temporal trends and determine driving factors of age-related
macular degeneration (AMD) burden in older adults aged 60–89 years at global, regional …

Evaluation of an OCT-AI–based telemedicine platform for retinal disease screening and referral in a primary care setting

X Liu, C Zhao, L Wang, G Wang, B Lv… - … Vision Science & …, 2022 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To evaluate the performance of a telemedicine platform integrated with optical
coherence tomography (OCT) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for retinal disease …

Sociodemographic factors influencing rhegmatogenous retinal detachment presentation and outcome

D Xu, J Uhr, SN Patel, RR Pandit, TL Jenkins… - Ophthalmology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The impact of sociodemographic factors on the presentation and outcomes of
rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in the United States has not been described. We …

Association of objective visual impairment with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among adults aged≥ 50 years in low/middle-income countries

L Smith, JI Shin, Y Barnett, PM Allen… - British journal of …, 2022 - bjo.bmj.com
Background There is currently limited literature on the association between visual
impairment and suicidal thoughts and behaviours, especially among older adults from …