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Associations of visual function with physical outcomes and limitations 5 years later in an older population: the Beaver Dam eye study
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The Beaver Dam Eye Study as discussed by the authors examined the association of performance-based measures of visual functioning with the occurrence of falls, fractures, physical outcomes, and limitations in an older population.About:
This article is published in Ophthalmology.The article was published on 2003-04-01. It has received 210 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Visual acuity & Population.read more
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Risk factors for falls among older adults: a review of the literature.
TL;DR: The major risk factors identified are impaired balance and gait, polypharmacy, and history of previous falls, which include advancing age, female gender, visual impairments, cognitive decline especially attention and executive dysfunction, and environmental factors.
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Visual risk factors for falls in older people
TL;DR: The study findings indicate that impaired vision is an important and independent risk factor for falls, andequate depth perception and distant-edge-contrast sensitivity, in particular, appear to be important for maintaining balance and detecting and avoiding hazards in the environment.
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Impact of unilateral and bilateral vision loss on quality of life
TL;DR: Both unilateral and bilateral vision loss were significantly associated with increased odds of having problems in visual functions including reading the telephone book, newspaper, watching television, and seeing faces and non-correctable bilateral visual loss was associated with many activities of daily living except falling.
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Visual impairment, causes of vision loss, and falls: the singapore malay eye study.
Ecosse L. Lamoreux,Elaine W Chong,Jie Jin Wang,Jie Jin Wang,Seang-Mei Saw,Tin Aung,Paul Mitchell,Tien Yin Wong +7 more
TL;DR: Findings from this Asian population provide further evidence in support of the association between severe visual impairment and falls in older persons.
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Visual Field Loss Increases the Risk of Falls in Older Adults: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation
TL;DR: Visual field loss is the primary vision component that increases the risk of falls and supports other findings on decrements in mobility and increased risk of bumping with worsening visual field function.
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Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions.
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Risk factors for hip fracture in white women. Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group.
Steven R. Cummings,Michael C. Nevitt,Warren S. Browner,Katie L. Stone,Kathleen M. Fox,Kristine E. Ensrud,Jane A. Cauley,Dennis Black,Thomas M. Vogt +8 more
TL;DR: Women with multiple risk factors and low bone density have an especially high risk of hip fracture and maintaining body weight, walking for exercise, avoiding long-acting benzodiazepines, minimizing caffeine intake, and treating impaired visual function are among the steps that may decrease the risk.
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Chi-Square Tests with One Degree of Freedom; Extensions of the Mantel-Haenszel Procedure
TL;DR: In this article, a method for analyzing multiple 2×2 contingency tables arising in retrospective studies of disease is extended in application and form, which includes comparisons of age-adjusted death rates, life-table analyses, comparisons of two sets of quantal dosage response data, and miscellaneous laboratory applications as appropriate.
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Risk factors for recurrent nonsyncopal falls. A prospective study.
TL;DR: Risk factors for having a single fall were few and relatively weak, but multiple falls were more predictable, and increased odds of two or more falls for persons who had difficulty standing up from a chair, difficulty performing a tandem walk, arthritis, Parkinson's disease, and a fall with injury during the previous year were found.