Cataract surgery and age-related cognitive decline: A 13-year follow-up of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Abstract

Visual impairment has been associated with lower cognitive ability among older adults, yet little is known about whether improving visual function with cataract surgery would be associated with slower cognitive decline. This study aimed to assess whether trajectories of cognitive decline differed before and after cataract surgery and compare those trajectories between older adults with cataract surgery and without cataract.