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Journal Articles Ophthalmology: Journal of The American Academy of Ophthalmology Year : 2018

The Decreasing Prevalence of Nonrefractive Visual Impairment in Older Europeans

Cécile Delcourt (1) , Mélanie Le Goff (1) , Therese von Hanno , Alireza Mirshahi , Anthony Khawaja , Virginie Verhoeven , Ruth Hogg , Eleftherios Anastosopoulos , Maria Luz Cachulo , René Höhn , Christian Wolfram , Alain M. Bron (2, 3) , Stefania Miotto , Isabelle Carrière (4) , Johanna Colijn , Gabriëlle Buitendijk , Jennifer Evans , Dorothea Nitsch , Panayiota Founti , Jennifer Yip , Norbert Pfeiffer , Catherine Creuzot-Garcher (3, 2) , Rufino Silva , Stefano Piermarocchi , Fotis Topouzis , Geir Bertelsen , Paul Foster , Astrid Fletcher , Caroline Klaver , Jean-François Korobelnik (1, 5) , Niyazi Acar , Augusto Azuara-Blanco , Tos Berendschot , Arthur Bergen , Christine Binquet , Alan Bird , Martin Bobak , Camiel Boon , Lionel Brétillon , Rebecca Broe , Vittorio Capuano , Usha Chakravarthy , Michelle Chan , Petrus Chang , Audrey Cougnard-Grégoire , Angela Cree , Phillippa Cumberland , José Cunha-Vaz , Vincent Daien (4, 6) , Eiko de Jong , Gabor Deak , Marie-Noëlle Delyfer , Anneke den Hollander , Martha Dietzel , Maja Gran Erke , Pedro Faria , Claudia Farinha , Sascha Fauser , Robert Finger , Theo Gorgels , Jakob Grauslund , Franz Grus , Christopher Hammond , Morten Hansen , Catherine Helmer , Hans-Werner Hense , Manuel Hermann , René Hoehn , Frank G. Holz , Carel Hoyng , Nomdo Jansonius , Sarah Janssen , Eveline Kersten , Julia Lamparter , Yara Lechanteur , Terho Lehtimäki , Irene Leung , Andrew Lotery , Matthias Mauschitz , Magda Meester , Bénédicte Merle , Verena Meyer zu Westrup , Edoardo Midena , Sadek Mohan-Saïd , Michael Mueller , Alyson Muldrew , Joaquim Murta , Stefan Nickels , Sandrina Nunes , Christopher Owen , Tunde Peto , Elena Prokofyeva , Jugnoo Rahi , Olli Raitakari , Franziska Rauscher , Luisa Ribeiro , Marie-Bénédicte Rougier , Alicja Rudnicka , José Sahel , Aggeliki Salonikiou , Clarisa Sanchez , Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg , Johannes Schouten , Alexander Schuster , Cédric Schweitzer , Tatiana Segato , Jasmin Shehata , Giuliana Silvestri , Christian Simader , Eric Souied , Martynas Speckauskas , Henriët Springelkamp , Robyn J. Tapp , Elisa van Leeuwen , Timo Verzijden , Stela Vujosevic , Peter Wiedemann , Katie Williams , Jennyfer Zerbib
Cécile Delcourt
Bordeaux population health
Mélanie Le Goff
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Bordeaux population health
Therese von Hanno
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Alireza Mirshahi
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Anthony Khawaja
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Virginie Verhoeven
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Ruth Hogg
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Eleftherios Anastosopoulos
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Maria Luz Cachulo
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René Höhn
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Christian Wolfram
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Alain M. Bron
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OEil, nutrition et signalisation cellulaire [CSGA]
Service d'Ophtalmologie (CHU de Dijon)
Stefania Miotto
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Isabelle Carrière
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Neuropsychiatrie : recherche épidémiologique et clinique
Johanna Colijn
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Gabriëlle Buitendijk
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Jennifer Evans
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Dorothea Nitsch
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Panayiota Founti
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Jennifer Yip
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Norbert Pfeiffer
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Catherine Creuzot-Garcher
Service d'Ophtalmologie (CHU de Dijon)
OEil, nutrition et signalisation cellulaire [CSGA]
Rufino Silva
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Stefano Piermarocchi
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Fotis Topouzis
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Geir Bertelsen
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Paul Foster
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Astrid Fletcher
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Caroline Klaver
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Jean-François Korobelnik
Bordeaux population health
Service d'ophtalmologie [Bordeaux]
Niyazi Acar
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Tos Berendschot
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Lionel Brétillon
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Abstract

TOPIC:To estimate the prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment and blindness in European persons 55 years of age and older.CLINICAL RELEVANCE:Few visual impairment and blindness prevalence estimates are available for the European population. In addition, many of the data collected in European population-based studies currently are unpublished and have not been included in previous estimates.METHODS:Fourteen European population-based studies participating in the European Eye Epidemiology Consortium (n = 70 723) were included. Each study provided nonrefractive visual impairment and blindness prevalence estimates stratified by age (10-year strata) and gender. Nonrefractive visual impairment and blindness were defined as best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/60 and 20/400 in the better eye, respectively. Using random effects meta-analysis, prevalence rates were estimated according to age, gender, geographical area, and period (1991-2006 and 2007-2012). Because no data were available for Central and Eastern Europe, population projections for numbers of affected people were estimated using Eurostat population estimates for European high-income countries in 2000 and 2010.RESULTS:The age-standardized prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in people 55 years of age or older decreased from 2.22% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.34-3.10) from 1991 through 2006 to 0.92% (95% CI, 0.42-1.42) from 2007 through 2012. It strongly increased with age in both periods (up to 15.69% and 4.39% in participants 85 years of age or older from 1991 through 2006 and from 2007 through 2012, respectively). Age-standardized prevalence of visual impairment tended to be higher in women than men from 1991 through 2006 (2.67% vs. 1.88%), but not from 2007 through 2012 (0.87% vs. 0.88%). No differences were observed between northern, western, and southern regions of Europe. The projected numbers of affected older inhabitants in European high-income countries decreased from 2.5 million affected individuals in 2000 to 1.2 million in 2010. Of those, 584 000 were blind in 2000, in comparison with 170 000 who were blind in 2010.CONCLUSIONS:Despite the increase in the European older population, our study indicated that the number of visually impaired people has decreased in European high-income countries in the last 20 years. This may be the result of major improvements in eye care and prevention, the decreasing prevalence of eye diseases, or both.

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Cécile Delcourt, Mélanie Le Goff, Therese von Hanno, Alireza Mirshahi, Anthony Khawaja, et al.. The Decreasing Prevalence of Nonrefractive Visual Impairment in Older Europeans. Ophthalmology: Journal of The American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2018, 125 (8), pp.1149-1159. ⟨10.1016/j.ophtha.2018.02.005⟩. ⟨hal-02341535⟩

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