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A population study of correlates of social participation in older adults with age-related vision loss.
Clinical Rehabilitation 2017 January
OBJECTIVE: To examine personal characteristics, disease-related impairment variables, activity limitations, and environmental factors as correlates of social participation in older adults with vision loss guided by the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Model.
DESIGN: Baseline data of a larger longitudinal study.
SETTING: Community-based vision rehabilitation agency.
SUBJECTS: A total of 364 older adults with significant vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration.
MAIN MEASURES: In-person interviews assessing social participation (i.e. frequency of social support contacts, social/leisure challenges faced due to vision loss, and of social support provided to others) and hypothesized correlates (e.g. visual acuity test, Functional Vision Screening Questionnaire, ratings of attachment to house and neighborhood, environmental modifications in home).
RESULTS: Regression analyses showed that indicators of physical, social, and mental functioning (e.g. better visual function, fewer difficulties with instrumental activities of daily living, fewer depressive symptoms) were positively related to social participation indicators (greater social contacts, less challenges in social/leisure domains, and providing more support to others). Environmental factors also emerged as independent correlates of social participation indicators when functional variables were controlled. That is, participants reporting higher attachment to their neighborhood and better income adequacy reported having more social contacts; and those implementing more environmental strategies were more likely to report greater challenges in social and leisure domains. Better income adequacy and living with more people were related to providing more social support to others.
CONCLUSION: Environmental variables may play a role in the social participation of older adults with age-related macular degeneration.
DESIGN: Baseline data of a larger longitudinal study.
SETTING: Community-based vision rehabilitation agency.
SUBJECTS: A total of 364 older adults with significant vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration.
MAIN MEASURES: In-person interviews assessing social participation (i.e. frequency of social support contacts, social/leisure challenges faced due to vision loss, and of social support provided to others) and hypothesized correlates (e.g. visual acuity test, Functional Vision Screening Questionnaire, ratings of attachment to house and neighborhood, environmental modifications in home).
RESULTS: Regression analyses showed that indicators of physical, social, and mental functioning (e.g. better visual function, fewer difficulties with instrumental activities of daily living, fewer depressive symptoms) were positively related to social participation indicators (greater social contacts, less challenges in social/leisure domains, and providing more support to others). Environmental factors also emerged as independent correlates of social participation indicators when functional variables were controlled. That is, participants reporting higher attachment to their neighborhood and better income adequacy reported having more social contacts; and those implementing more environmental strategies were more likely to report greater challenges in social and leisure domains. Better income adequacy and living with more people were related to providing more social support to others.
CONCLUSION: Environmental variables may play a role in the social participation of older adults with age-related macular degeneration.
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