ArticleThe British journal of ophthalmology2014
Visual acuity, self-reported vision and falls in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye study.
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- The importance of assessing vision in falls management: A narrative review.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2025Review
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- Association of objective and subjective far vision impairment with perceived stress among older adults in six low- and middle-income countries.Eye (London, England) · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Changes in Hearing and Visual Impairments and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults in the United States.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Association of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease With Gait and Balance Disorders.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Review
- Older Adults with Hypertension: Prevalence of Falls and Their Associated Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Concurrent Functional Vision and Hearing Impairment and Association With Dementia in Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- The effect of the type of foam pad used in the modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction and Balance (mCTSIB) on the accuracy in identifying older adults with fall history.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2020Article
- Medications and fall risk: a case-control study in nursing home residents in Japan.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Trunk Skeletal Muscle Mass and Phase Angle Measured by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis are Associated with the Chance of Femoral Neck Fracture in Very Elderly People.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020Article
- Longitudinal Associations of Self-reported Vision Impairment With Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Among Older Adults in the United States.JAMA ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and disability trajectories in older men and women: a European cohort study.European journal of public health · 2019Article
- Prevalence of Falls and Fall-Related Outcomes in Older Adults with Self-Reported Vision Impairment.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the relationship between visual acuity (VA) and self-reported vision (SRV) in relation to falls in 8317 participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk Eye study.
methodsAll participants completed a health questionnaire that included a question regarding SRV and questions regarding the number of falls in the past year. Distance VA was measured using a logMAR chart for each eye. Poor SRV was defined as those reporting fair or poor distance vision. The relationship between VA and SRV and self-rated falls was analysed by logistic regression, adjusting for age, sex, physical activity, body mass index, chronic disease, medication use and grip strength.
resultsOf 8317 participants, 26.7% (95% CI 25.7% to 27.7%) had fallen in the past 12 months. Worse VA and poorer SRV were associated with one or more falls in multivariable analysis (OR for falls=1.31, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.66 and OR=1.32, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.61, respectively). Poorer SRV was significantly associated with falls even after adjusting for VA (OR=1.28, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.57).
conclusionsSRV was associated with falls independently of VA and could be used as a simple proxy measure for other aspects of visual function to detect people requiring vision-related falls interventions.
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