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Editorial
May 24, 2022

Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults

Author Affiliations
  • 1Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 2Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 3Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • 4Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco
  • 5American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California
JAMA. 2022;327(21):2090-2091. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.6688

The ability to see and to navigate the physical or virtual environment with vision is often taken for granted until vision declines or is lost. Loss of vision (visual impairment) in older adults has been associated with decreased quality of life1 and increased risk of falls and unintentional injuries.2,3

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