[Prevalence and burden of visual impairment in Catalonia, Spain].
The aim of this work is to determine the prevalence of visual impairment in Catalonia and analyze inequalities in vision. Cross sectional study in the population having ≥ 15 years of age (7,881 men and 8,045 women) based on data from the Encuesta de Salud de Cataluña 2006. Logistic regression models were used to calculate the adjusted odds ratio by age, civil state, level of studies, income and working situation with a confidence interval (CI) of 95%. A 4.7% (CI 95% 4.4-5.0) of the population of Catalonia, a 5.3% of female (CI 95% 4.8-5.8), and 4.1% of men (CI 95% 3.7-4.5) state that they have poor vision. The most unfavourable situations of self-reported poor vision by the Catalan population correspond to the elderly and women with lower levels of both studies and income.
Cátedra UNESCO en Salud Visual y Desarrollo, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa, Barcelona, España. guisasola@oo.upc.edu
Laura
L
Guisasola
Ricard
R
Tresserras-Gaju
Irene
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García-Subirats
Anna
A
Rius
Pilar
P
Brugulat-Guiteras
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult