Maria Markoulli, Timothy R Fricke, Anitha Arvind, Kevin D Frick, Kerryn M Hart, Mahesh R Joshi, Himal Kandel, Antonio Filipe Macedo, Dimitra Makrynioti, Neil Retallic, Nery Garcia-Porta, Gauri Shrestha, James S Wolffsohn
The global all-ages prevalence of epidemiologically-measured 'functional' presbyopia was estimated at 24.9% in 2015, affecting 1.8 billion people. This prevalence was projected to stabilise at 24.1% in 2030 due to increasing myopia, but to affect more people (2.1 billion) due to population dynamics. Factors affecting the prevalence of presbyopia include age, geographic location, urban versus rural location, sex, and, to a lesser extent, socioeconomic status, literacy and education, health literacy and inequality...
April 8, 2024: Contact Lens & Anterior Eye: the Journal of the British Contact Lens Association