Association between vision-specific quality of life and falls in community-dwelling older adults: LOHAS.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls and fall-related fractures are a major public health problem among the older adults. Although objective measures of poor vision have been reported to be associated with falls, the association of self-reported visual function and vision-specific quality of life (QOL) with falls has been inconsistent across several studies. We investigated the association of self-reported visual function and vision specific QOL with falls in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using the baseline data from participants of the Locomotive Syndrome and Health Outcome in Aizu Cohort Study (LOHAS), which is an ongoing population-based cohort study to evaluate the association of physical dysfunction with the clinical outcomes in community-

SUBMITTER: Niihata K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5978984 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature