Seven-year incidence of uncorrected refractive error among an elderly Chinese population in Shihpai, Taiwan: The Shihpai Eye Study

Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study.

OBJECTIVE Few population-based data on the prevalence and causes of visual impairment are available from East Asia. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and causes of visual impairment in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan. DESIGN Population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS The Shihpai Eye Study was a survey of vision and ocular disease among an elderly Ch...

Prevalence and associated risk factors of age-related macular degeneration in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study.

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan. METHODS The Shihpai Eye Study was a survey of vision and ocular disease in an elderly Chinese population 65 years of age or older residing in Shihpai, Taipei, Taiwan. Of 2045 elderly residents randomly sampled from the household registration databa...

Prevalence and risk factors of uncorrected refractive error among an elderly Chinese population in urban China: a cross-sectional study

Visual impairment and falls in the elderly: the Shihpai Eye Study.

BACKGROUND To investigate the association between visual impairment and falls in a metropolitan elderly Chinese population. METHODS A population-based cross-sectional study of eye diseases among subjects 65 years of age and older was conducted in the Shihpai community of Taipei between July 1, 1999 and December 31, 2000. RESULTS Of the 2,045 subjects invited, 1,361 (66.6%) participated in b...

The uncorrected refractive error challenge

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