ArticleBMC ophthalmology2018
Factors associated with developing a fear of falling in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma.
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- The impact of inferior visual field on frail status in glaucoma patients.International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Association between glaucoma surgery and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among elderly patients with glaucoma: a nationwide population-based cohort study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Falls in Patients Presenting to an Ophthalmic Outpatients Department- A Surveillance Study.The British and Irish orthoptic journal · 2021Article
- Assessing Functional Disability in Glaucoma: The Relative Importance of Central Versus Far Peripheral Visual Fields.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Fear of Falling in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and the Importance of Inferior Visual Field Damage.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020Article
- Vision Parameters Most Important to Functionality in Glaucoma.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2019Article
- A Comparative Analysis of the Fear of Falling Between Glaucoma and Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients From a Developing Country.Translational vision science & technology · 2018Article
- Characterizing Longitudinal Changes in Fear of Falling and Quality of Life in Patients with Varying Levels of Visual Field Damage.Ophthalmology. GlaucomaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate the relationship between clinical risk factors, including visual field (VF) defects and visual acuity, and a fear of falling, among patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
methodsAll participants answered the following question at a baseline ophthalmic examination: Are you afraid of falling? The same question was then answered every 12 months for 3 years. A binocular integrated visual field was calculated by merging a patient's monocular Humphrey field analyzer VFs, using the 'best sensitivity' method. The means of total deviation values in the whole, superior peripheral, superior central, inferior central, and inferior peripheral VFs were calculated. The relationship between these mean VF measurements, and various clinical factors, against patients' baseline fear of falling and future fear of falling was analyzed using multiple logistic regression.
resultsAmong 392 POAG subjects, 342 patients (87.2%) responded to the fear of falling question at least twice in the 3 years study period. The optimal regression model for patients' baseline fear of falling included age, gender, mean of total deviation values in the inferior peripheral VF and number of previous falls. The optimal regression equation for future fear of falling included age, gender, mean of total deviation values in the inferior peripheral VF and number of previous falls.
conclusionDefects in the inferior peripheral VF area are significantly related to the development of a fear of falling.
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