Prevalence and Factors Associated with Self-Reported Vision Disability among the Elderly in Malaysia: Findings from National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018
Table 1
Distribution of dependent variables using the Washington Group Extended Question Set on Functioning (WG ES-F).
Domains
Prevalence (%) (95% CI)
Respondents wear glasses/lenses
Yes
65.3 (62.8, 67.8)
No
34.7 (32.2, 37.2)
Respondents with difficulty seeing (even when wearing glasses/lenses)
Have difficulty
2.8 (2.2, 3.7)
No difficulty
97.2 (96.3, 97.8)
Respondents with difficulty clearly seeing someone’s face across a room (even when wearing glasses/lenses)
Have difficulty
3.4 (2.6, 4.5)
No difficulty
96.6 (95.5, 97.4)
Respondents with difficulty clearly seeing the picture on a coin (even when wearing glasses/lenses)
