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Introduction: In sub-Saharan Africa, many older people experience vision impairment (VI) and its adverse health outcomes. In this study, we examined separately the association between VI and each adverse health conditions (cognitive disorders, vision-related quality of life [VRQoL], and daily functioning interference [DFI]) among Congolese older people. We also explored whether VI had a significant effect on VRQoL components in our population. Method: We performed cross-sectional analyses on data from 660 Congolese people aged [GreaterEqual]65 years who participated in the 2013 survey of the EPIDEMCA population-based cohort study. VI was defined as having a near visual acuity 73 years (adjusted [beta] = 0.5; 95% CI: 0.2; 0.8). Our exploratory analysis showed that all components of VRQoL decreased with a decrease in visual acuity (corrected p [Less-Than or Equal To] 0.05). Conclusion: VI was associated with poor VRQoL and high DFI. Residence area seems to play a confounding role in the association between VI and cognitive disorders. Our findings suggest that targeting interventions on vision could reduce DFI among older people and improve their well-being. Keywords: Vision impairment, Cognitive disorders, Quality of life, Dependence, African older people
Author(s): Antoine Gbessemehlan (corresponding author) [a,b]; Arlette Edjolo [c]; Catherine Helmer [c]; Cécile Delcourt [c]; Pascal Mbelesso [d]; Bébène Ndamba-Bandzouzi [e]; Harielle Samba [a]; Gilles Kehoua [a]; Jean-François Dartigues [c]; [...]