When providing information regarding age-related visual problems, the nurse recog-nizes that the target population is: Select all that apply
a. A victim of eye trauma
b. Economically disadvantaged
c. African-American
d. More likely male
e. 65 years of age and older
ANS: C, D, E
Older adults represent the vast majority of the visually impaired population, with over two-thirds of those with visual impairment being over age 65. Although there are no gender differences in the prevalence of vision problems in older adults, there are more visually im-paired women than men because, on average, women live longer than men. However, Afri-can-Americans are twice as likely to be visually impaired than are whites. Neither economic status nor injury play a substantial role in the development of visual problems in the older adult population.
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