The impact of vision loss on quality of life, anxiety, and loneliness in older adults
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2025.026" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2025.026</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The impact of vision loss on quality of life, anxiety, and loneliness in older adults
Original language description
Objectives: The aim of our research was to determine the impact of vision loss on quality of life, anxiety, and loneliness in older adults.Methods: Empirical data was gathered through a series of questionnaires and a personal data form. The assessment tools included theUCLA Loneliness Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Y, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life – BREF questionnaire. Thestudy involved a total of 149 older adults.Results: Our research findings confirm that seniors with visual impairment experience a reduced quality of life across all studied areascompared to the general population. Women with visual impairment only showed a significantly lower quality of life in the domain ofsocial functioning. Seniors with visual impairment reported moderate to high levels of loneliness, with women experiencing higher ratesof loneliness. Additionally, seniors exhibited high levels of anxiety, and a correlation was confirmed between lower quality of life andincreasing age. Furthermore, a significant correlation was found between quality of life in the physical health domain and both state andtrait anxiety in seniors, as well as between environmental quality of life and current anxiety levels.Conclusion: Visual impairment has a significant personal and global impact. The aging population is experiencing a significant increasein the prevalence of vision impairment, which adversely affects the quality of life, mental health, and social interactions of older adults.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30307 - Nursing
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Kontakt: Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences Related to Health and Illness
ISSN
1212-4117
e-ISSN
1804-7122
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
259-265
UT code for WoS article
001589184400011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105019321140