- Title
- A longitudinal analysis of factors associated with age-related cataract among older Australian women: a cohort study of 7851 older Australian women 79–90 years
- Creator
- Hambisa, Mitiku Teshombe; Dolja-Gore, Xenia; Byles, Julia E.
- Relation
- Irish Journal of Medical Science Vol. 192, Issue 3, p. 1525-1536
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03130-7
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Background: Age-related cataracts are a significant global health issue due to population ageing. More than 70% of older Australians aged 80 or above have clinically significant age-related cataracts. Aim: The study aimed to identify factors associated with age-related cataracts among older Australian women 79-90 years. Method: A 6-year longitudinal analysis of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) was conducted on 7117 women from surveys four to six. The women were asked whether they had been diagnosed or treated for cataracts 3 years before each survey. We used generalised estimating equation (GEE) modelling to identify factors independently associated with age-related cataracts. Results: At baseline (79-84 years), 44.8% lived in metropolitan Australia, 67.9% had good general health, 26.5% had private health insurance, 30.6% had cataracts, 28.8% had undergone cataract surgery, 12.0% had diabetes, 24.9% had skin cancer, 56.2% had hypertension, 24.0% had a history of falls, 63.0% had visited general practitioner (GP) frequently, and 48.8% were driving themselves as their main means of transport. In the final model, poor general health [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.14, 1.33)], not driving (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.01, 1.18), having private health insurance (AOR = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.04, 1.23), frequent GP visits (AOR = 1.16, 95% CI = 1.07, 1.25), skin cancer (AOR = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.16, 1.37), hypertension (AOR = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.05, 1.21), and fall (AOR = 1.12, 95% CI = 1.04, 1.22) were significantly associated with the age-related cataracts. Conclusions: Systemic diseases, poor quality of life, driving cessation, and health service use were significantly associated with age-related cataracts in older women.
- Subject
- age-related cataracts; increasing age; older women; systemic diseases; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1480871
- Identifier
- uon:50579
- Identifier
- ISSN:0021-1265
- Rights
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Language
- eng
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