TY - JOUR
T1 - Falls and self-assessment of eyesight among elderly people
T2 - A population-based study in a south Brazilian municipality
AU - Nunes, Bruno Pereira
AU - de Oliveira Saes, Mirelle
AU - Siqueira, Fernando Vinholes
AU - Tomasi, Elaine
AU - Silva, Suele Manjourany
AU - da Silveira, Denise Silva
AU - Soares, Mariangela Uhlmann
AU - Facchini, Luiz Augusto
AU - Thumé, Elaine
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - This paper seeks to verify the association between falls and self-assessment of visual acuity in elderly people by means of a cross-sectional population-based study involving 1593 elderly people (aged 60 or over) from the urban zone of the municipality of Bagé-RS. Poisson regression was used for association analysis. Fall prevalence in the last year was 28.0% (95%CI: 25.8; 30.2), with 45.0% of these having suffered two or more falls in the same period. Elderly people self-assessing their eyesight as bad/very poor (10.0%) or regular (33.3%) showed a linear increase in fall occurrence when compared to individuals who considered their eyesight to be good/excellent. Self-assessment of eyesight showed itself to be an important factor associated with the occurrence of falls. This results entails the need to make progress with tracing elderly people with eyesight difficulties and its possible impact on actions to prevent the occurrence of falls.
AB - This paper seeks to verify the association between falls and self-assessment of visual acuity in elderly people by means of a cross-sectional population-based study involving 1593 elderly people (aged 60 or over) from the urban zone of the municipality of Bagé-RS. Poisson regression was used for association analysis. Fall prevalence in the last year was 28.0% (95%CI: 25.8; 30.2), with 45.0% of these having suffered two or more falls in the same period. Elderly people self-assessing their eyesight as bad/very poor (10.0%) or regular (33.3%) showed a linear increase in fall occurrence when compared to individuals who considered their eyesight to be good/excellent. Self-assessment of eyesight showed itself to be an important factor associated with the occurrence of falls. This results entails the need to make progress with tracing elderly people with eyesight difficulties and its possible impact on actions to prevent the occurrence of falls.
KW - Accidental falls
KW - Aged
KW - Cross-sectional studies
KW - Diagnostic self evaluation
KW - Old age assistance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2014.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2014.03.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 24742776
AN - SCOPUS:84900854109
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 59
SP - 131
EP - 135
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 1
ER -