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ArticleActa ophthalmologica2025

Self-perceived and measured visual function, the impact of eye-disease, wellbeing, social determinants, and personality traits in Swedish 70-year-olds-results from the Gothenburg H70 Study.

Lena Havstam Johansson, Madeleine Zetterberg, Hanna Falk Erhag

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Lena Havstam JohanssonDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0520-7081
Madeleine ZetterbergDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8230-0741
Hanna Falk ErhagNeuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6494-2895

Funding

Agneta Prytz-Folke och Gösta Folkes stiftelseALF agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils ALF-GBG-716681ALF agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils ALF-GBG-966230De Blindas VännerEivind and Elsa K:son Sylvans stiftelseForskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd 2013-1202 AGECAP 2013-2300 2013-2496 2013-04Konung Gustav and Drottning Victorias FrimurarstiftelseReinhard Marcuses FoundationSwedish Research Council 2012-5041 2015-02830 2019-01096 2013-8717 201Walter Anderson Foundation
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Abstract

purposeTo explore the potential correlation between subjective and measured visual function, as well as to analyse the influence of eye disease, socioeconomic factors and emotional dimensions.

methodsSemi-structured interviews, physical examinations and functional tests (n = 1203). Demographics covered sex, marital status, education, household economy, smoking and alcohol. Participants (born in 1944) rated their visual function (n = 533); those misjudging (n = 48) were studied. Group A (n = 18) had low presenting visual acuity (PVA) but reported good vision; Group B (n = 30) had normal PVA but reported low vision. Control group (n = 485) matched subjective and measured visual function. Ophthalmic examination tested visual acuity (VA), visual field and contrast sensitivity (CS). Psychometric tests: NEO-FFI, sense of coherence (SOC) and Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). STATISTICAL TESTS: chi-square, t-tests, Mann-Whitney U test and logistic regression.

resultsOf the population, 91% made correct assumptions about their vision. The 9% who made incorrect assumptions about their vision ability (combining groups A + B) were more likely to live alone (p = 0.02) and had lower household incomes compared to the control group (p = 0.04). Additionally, the exhibited significantly lower PVA and BCVA, a higher prevalence of visual field defects (p = 0.02) and lower CS, mean 1.63 (p = 0.005). Group A (3.4%) were women (p = 0.002) with the personality of extraversion, mean 40.0 (p = 0.01). Group B (5.6%) had more self-reported eye diseases (p = 0.01), lower CS (p = 0.01), lower educational level (p = 0.03) and border significantly lower SOC (p = 0.06).

conclusionsThe perception of visual function is shaped by awareness of an eye disease but is additionally influenced by sex, socioeconomic factors and emotional parameters.

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Eye DiseasesPersonalityQuality of LifeSelf ConceptSocial Determinants of HealthVisual AcuityAgedContrast SensitivityFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsSocioeconomic FactorsSwedenVisual Fieldscross‐sectionalolder adultsalutogenesissocial gradientvisual acuity

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