TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Visual acuity, self-reported vision and falls in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye study
JO  - British journal of ophthalmology
A1  - Yip, Jennifer L. Y.
A1  - Khawaja, Anthony P.
A1  - Broadway, David
A1  - Luben, Robert
A1  - Hayat, Shabina
A1  - Dalzell, Nichola
A1  - Bhaniani, Amit
A1  - Wareham, Nicholas
A1  - Khaw, Kay-Tee
A1  - Foster, Paul J.
SP  - 377
EP  - 382
VL  - 98
IS  - 3
N2  - PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between visual acuity (VA) and self-reported vision (SRV) in relation to falls in 8317 participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk Eye study.     METHODS: All participants completed a health questionnaire that included a question regarding SRV and questions regarding the number of falls in the past year. Distance VA was measured using a logMAR chart for each eye. Poor SRV was defined as those reporting fair or poor distance vision. The relationship between VA and SRV and self-rated falls was analysed by logistic regression, adjusting for age, sex, physical activity, body mass index, chronic disease, medication use and grip strength.     RESULTS: Of 8317 participants, 26.7% (95% CI 25.7% to 27.7%) had fallen in the past 12 months. Worse VA and poorer SRV were associated with one or more falls in multivariable analysis (OR for falls=1.31, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.66 and OR=1.32, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.61, respectively). Poorer SRV was significantly associated with falls even after adjusting for VA (OR=1.28, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.57).     CONCLUSIONS: SRV was associated with falls independently of VA and could be used as a simple proxy measure for other aspects of visual function to detect people requiring vision-related falls interventions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1161
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304179
ID  - ref1
ER  -