Near vision impairment among the elderly in residential care—the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)

To report on the prevalence and risk factors for near vision impairment (NVI) among the elderly in residential care in Telangana State in India. Individuals aged ≥60 years were recruited from 41 ‘home for the aged’ centres in Hyderabad, India. All participants had complete eye examinations including presenting and best-corrected visual acuity assessment for distance and near. NVI was defined as binocular presenting near vision worse than N8...