Cognitive Decline and Visual Functioning among Older Adults with Vision Impairment: Descriptive Correlational Study

Swify, Walaa Abd El Razek; Ibrahim, Hanaa Moukhtar; Ahmed, Esam Sayed

doi:10.21608/asnj.2025.363816.2024

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	Cognitive Decline and Visual Functioning among Older Adults with Vision Impairment: Descriptive Correlational Study
Article 19, Volume 13, Issue 51, May 2025, Page 219-233 PDF (773.43 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2025.363816.2024
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Authors
Walaa Abd El Razek Swify ¹; Hanaa Moukhtar Ibrahim²; Esam Sayed Ahmed³
¹Nursing Specialist Al-azhar University Hospital, Egypt.
²Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.
³Lecture of Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-azhar Assiut University, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Vision impairment has been increasingly recognized as a contributing factor to cognitive decline in older adults. Aim: This study is attempted to assess the relation of cognitive decline and visual function among older adults. Research design: Descriptive research design. Setting: The study was conducted at Ophthalmology inpatient department at Al-azhar Assiut University hospital Sample: purposive sample of 320 older adults. Tools: Three tools were used: Tool (I): included three parts: (1): Personal data, (2): Medical history, (3): ophthalmic history. Tool (II): National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire-25. Tool (III): The short portable mental status questionnaire. Results: It revealed that 79.1% from older adult's participant aged between 65 to 74 years, more than half 55.3% of older adults have cataract disease and 44.7% of studied older adults have mild cognitive impairment. Statistically significant relation of mental status and visual function except with dependency and driving among older adults. Conclusion: The study concluded a significant correlation between limited cognition and visual impairment in the older adult's population. Recommendation: Further future research should do to explore the potential of integrating routine vision screenings into cognitive health assessments for older adults.
Keywords
Cognitive Decline; Older Adults & Vision Impairment


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