title: Ophthalmologic evaluation in geriatric patients: Assessment of consistency between patients' complaints and ocular diagnoses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to assess the consistency between patients' complaints and their eye diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  RESULTS: The frequencies of at least one newly diagnosed visually important ocular disease were 25.9%, 27.0%, and 45.3% in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively (p<0.001). The same frequencies were significantly higher in patients >75 years of age compared with the younger group (59.1% vs. 22.0%, p<0.001). Although these values were statistically significant in patients ≤75 years of age (p<0.001), they were insignificant in patients >75 years of age according to type of complaints (p=0.773). Patients with diabetes mellitus exhibited significantly lower vision, higher rate of visually important ocular diseases, and higher intraocular pressure readings than patients without diabetes mellitus (p=0.009, 0.015, and 0.002, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Visually important ocular diseases were diagnosed approximately in a quarter of patients who had no complaints about decrease in vision and in more than half of the oldest geriatric patients (>75years) irrespective of the type of complaints.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Altindag, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: yakinmehmet@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yakin
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Altindag, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zuleyha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yalniz-Akkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Altindag, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sultan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sevim-Yakin
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Altindag, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Balta
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Altindag, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Firdevs
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ornek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Age-related maculopathy; Cataract; Elderly; Glaucoma; Visual impairment