TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - First eye cataract surgery and hospitalization from injuries due to a fall: a population-based study
JO  - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
A1  - Meuleners, Lynn B.
A1  - Lee, Andy H.
A1  - Ng, Jonathon Q.
A1  - Morlet, Nigel
A1  - Fraser, Michelle L.
SP  - 1730
EP  - 1733
VL  - 60
IS  - 9
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between first eye cataract surgery and hospitalization from injuries due to a fall in older adults at the population level. DESIGN: Retrospective population-based study. SETTING: Western Australian Hospital Morbidity Data System and Western Australian mortality data. PARTICIPANTS: Six hundred individuals aged 60 and older hospitalized from injuries due to a fall between 2004 and 2008 in Western Australia. MEASUREMENTS: Hospital admission from injuries due to a fall. RESULTS: Of the 15,295 individuals who underwent cataract surgery in one eye only, 600 (3.9%) were involved in 625 hospital admissions from injuries due to a fall 1 year before (n = 273) or 1 year after (n = 352) first eye cataract surgery; 30% of these hospitalizations were for femoral neck fractures. Poisson generalized estimating equations confirmed 27% more (adjusted risk ratio = 1.27, 95% confidence interval = 1.04-1.56 P = .02) hospitalizations from injuries due to a fall in the year after first eye cataract surgery than in the year before. CONCLUSION: First eye cataract surgery was associated with more hospital admissions from injuries due to a fall in the year after cataract surgery than in the year before. Further research is needed to determine the underlying causes and reasons.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-8614
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04098.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -