Objectives Patient education and health literacy aim to enhance understanding of health
and self-care for optimal health outcomes. However, the attention towards populations with …

Late-life hearing loss and vision loss might prompt more negative attitudes toward one's own
aging because older adults may interpret impaired sensory functioning as a sign of aging. At …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative and progressive disease of the
macula, the part of the retina that is responsible for central vision. AMD shares some risk …

Background Vision impairment (VI) affects approximately 1 in 28 Americans over the age of
40 and the prevalence increases sharply with age. However, experiencing vision loss with …

Background Although several studies have reported the relationship between vision
impairment (VI) and multimorbidity in high-income countries, this relationship has not been …

With the proliferation of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, attention began to turn
to the risk of health disparities associated with its use among people with disabilities …

Common etiologies between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and kidney disease
advocate a close link between AMD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, the risk …

Personal health technologies (PHTs) often do not consider the accessibility needs of blind
individuals, preventing access to their capabilities and data. However, despite the …

Objectives To characterize the influence of visual difficulty on activity limitation trajectories in
older US adults and investigate whether this varied across racial/ethnic groups. Methods We …

PURPOSE To develop and validate a novel patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure to
assess vision-related functioning in individuals with severe peripheral field loss (PFL) …