Vision loss is associated with a significantly higher likelihood of not working, particularly among women, diabetics and people under 55, according to a new study.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore studied 19,849 people ages 16 to 74 who completed a vision exam and employment and demographic questionnaires.
"The nature of the study makes it difficult to conclude that poor vision was the cause of an individual's work status," said Dr. Pradeep Ramulu, one of the authors of the study, which appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association Opthamology.
It's possible that some vision problems, such as uncorrected refractive error — difficulty focusing the eye — was actually the result of limited income from not working, Ramulu said.
Researchers found that the odds of not working for visually impaired people were higher for women, diabetics and people younger than 55.
Employment rates for women with visual impairment, difficulty focusing the eye and normal vision, for example, were 24.5 percent, 56 percent and 62.9 percent, respectively, whereas the respective rates for men were 58.7 percent, 66.5 percent and 76.2 percent.
The results underscore the need for job training for people who are visually impaired and programs that encourage employers to hire them, he said.
"It's a need we see here," said Lauren Nisbet, an occupational therapist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston. "There's a need for more funding for vocational programs. There's also a liability problem that makes some employers reluctant to hire people with visual impairment."
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