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Abstract

Purpose: With the benefits of advanced medical technology, Taiwan has gradually changed from an aged society to a super-aged society. According to previous studies, the prevalence rate of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) over the age of 60 is 15% to 20%. Therefore, the main purpose of our study was to analyze the correlation of cognitive function with visual function (specifically, binocular vision and visual perception) in Taiwanese volunteers aged 60 years or older. Methods: Thirty-six healthy participants who were not taking psychiatric medications and who had not been diagnosed with any retinal or optic nerve diseases were enrolled. Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination III (ACE-III), binocular visual function, and visual perception evaluation were performed, and the data analyzed statistically by t-test, χ2, linear regression, and MANOVA. Results: Cognitive function was closely correlated with visual function and visual perception; the horizontal adjustment time of binocular eye movement, stereopsis, the motor-free visual perception test-4 (MVPT-4), and peripheral awareness actually displayed higher explanatory power in predicting cognitive function. In addition, various interactive parameters between visual function and visual perception were found to affect specific aspects of ACE-III. Discussion: Our study revealed that there was a close correlation of cognitive function with visual function; as such, it may be possible to predict visual function deficits in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

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Title
Visual Function and Visual Perception among Senior Citizens with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Taiwan
Author
Chi-Wu, Chang 1 ; Kuo-Chen, Su 2 ; Fang-Chun, Lu 3 ; Hong-Ming, Cheng 4 ; Ching-Ying, Cheng 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Ophthalmology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan; [email protected] (C.-W.C.); [email protected] (K.-C.S.) 
 Department of Ophthalmology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan; [email protected] (C.-W.C.); [email protected] (K.-C.S.); Department of Optometry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; [email protected] 
 Department of Optometry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; [email protected] 
 Department of Optometry, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan; [email protected] 
First page
20
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
22279032
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2621306466
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.