Falls and health status in elderly women following second eye cataract surgery: A randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-71

  Foss, Alexander J E ^a   Harwood, Rowan H ^b   Osborn, Francis ^a   Gregson, Richard M ^a   Zaman, Anwar ^a   Masud, Tahir ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Elderly; Falls; Health status; Outcome assessment; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 31144457659     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj005     Document Type: Article

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