Visual Impairment and Falls in Older Adults: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between visual impairment and falls in older people. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional survey of eye disease with retrospective collection of falls data. SETTING: Two postcode areas in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: All people 49 years of age...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 1998-01, Vol.46 (1), p.58-64
Hauptverfasser:	BOptom, Rebecca Q. Ivers, Cumming, Robert G., Mitchell, Paul, Attebo, Karin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cataract - complications Cross-Sectional Studies Disease Elderly people Eyes & eyesight Factors Falls Female Glaucoma - complications Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Older people Ophthalmology Poisson Distribution Proportional Hazards Models Vision disorders Vision Disorders - complications Vision Disorders - diagnosis Visual Acuity Visual impairment
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