Poor vision accompanied with other sensory impairments as a predictor of falls in older women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-167

  Kulmala, Jenni ^a   Viljanen, Anne ^a   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a   Pajala, Satu ^b   Pärssinen, Olavi ^c   Kauppinen, Markku ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d   Kaprio, Jaakko ^d,e   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Co impairment; Elderly; Falls; Older adults; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STANDING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 61449264711     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn228     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Buch H, Vinding T, Nielsen NV. Prevalence and causes of visual impairment according to World Health Organization and United States criteria in an aged, urban Scandinavian population: The Copenhagen City Eye Study. Ophthalmology 2001; 108: 2347-57.
2. Coleman AL, Stone K, Ewing SK et al. Higher risk of multiple falls among elderly women who lose visual acuity. Ophthalmology 2004; 111: 857-62.
3. Kulmala J, Era P, Parssinen O et al. Lowered vision as a risk factor for injurious accidents in older people. Aging Clin Exp Res 2008; 20: 25-30.
4. Tinetti ME, Speechley M, Ginter SF. Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community. N Engl J Med 1988; 319: 1701-7.
5. Stel VS, Smit JH, Pluijm SM, Lips P. Balance and mobility performance as treatable risk factors for recurrent falling in older persons. J Clin Epidemiol 2003; 56: 659-68.
6. Pajala S, Era P, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J, Törmäkangas T, Rantanen T. Force platform measures as predictors of indoor and outdoor falls in community-dwelling women aged 63-76 years. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2008; 63: 171-8.
7. Baloh RW, Corona S, Jacobson KM, Enrietto JA, Bell T. A prospective study of posturography in normal older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998; 46: 438-43.
8. Tromp AM, Pluijm SM, Smit JH, Deeg DJ, Bouter LM, Lips P. Fall-risk screening test: A prospective study on predictors for falls in community-dwelling elderly. J Clin Epidemiol 2001; 54: 837-44.
9. Purchase-Helzner EL, Cauley JA, Faulkner KA, Pratt S, Zmuda JM, Talbott EO et al. Hearing sensitivity and the risk of incident falls and fracture in older women: The study of osteoporotic fractures. Ann Epidemiol 2004; 14: 311-8.
10. Crews JE, Campbell VA. Vision impairment and hearing loss among community-dwelling older Americans: Implications for health and functioning. Am J Public Health 2004; 94: 823-9.
11. Tinetti ME, Williams CS. The effect of falls and fall injuries on functioning in community-dwelling older persons. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 1998; 53: M112-9.
12. Kaprio J, Koskenvuo M. Genetic and environmental factors in complex diseases: The older Finnish twin cohort. Twin Res 2002; 5: 358-65.
13. Pajala S, Era P, Koskenvuo M et al. Contribution of genetic and environmental effects to postural balance in older female twins. J Appl Physiol 2004; 96: 308-15.
14. Stephens D. Audiological terms. In: Martini A, Mazzoli D, Stephens D, Read A, eds. Definitions, Protocols and Guidelines in Genetic Hearing Impairments. London: Whurr, 2001; 9-14.
15. The prevention of falls in later life. A report of the Kellogg International Work Group on the prevention of falls by the elderly. Dan Med Bull 1987; 34(Suppl 4): 1-24.
16. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR. "Mini-mental state". A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res 1975; 12: 189-98.
17. Afifi AA, Kotlerman JB, Ettner SL, Cowan M. Methods for improving regression analysis for skewed continuous or counted responses. Annu Rev Public Health 2007; 28: 95-111.
18. Robertson MC, Campbell AJ, Herbison P. Statistical analysis of efficacy in falls prevention trials. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2005; 60: 530-4.
19. Tinetti ME, Inouye SK, Gill TM, Doucette JT. Shared risk factors for falls, incontinence, and functional dependence: Unifying the approach to geriatric syndromes. JAMA 1995; 273: 1348-53.
20. Brooke-Wavell K, Perrett LK, Howarth PA, Haslam RA. Influence of the visual environment on the postural stability in healthy older women. Gerontology 2002; 48: 293-7.
21. Lee HK, Scudds RJ. Comparison of balance in older people with and without visual impairment. Age Ageing 2003; 32: 643-9.
22. Proksch J, Bavelier D. Changes in the spatial distribution of visual attention after early deafness. J Cogn Neurosci 2002; 14: 687-701.
23. Dye MW, Baril DE, Bavelier D. Which aspects of visual attention are changed by deafness? The case of the attentional network test. Neuropsychologia 2007; 45: 1801-11.
24. Moylan KC, Binder EF. Falls in older adults: Risk assessment, management and prevention. Am J Med 2007; 120: 493. e1-6.
25. Harwood RH, Foss AJ, Osborn F, Gregson RM, Zaman A, Masud T. Falls and health status in elderly women following first eye cataract surgery: A randomised controlled trial. Br J Ophthalmol 2005; 89: 53-9.
26. Madureira MM, Takayama L, Gallinaro AL, Caparbo VF, Costa RA, Pereira RM. Balance training program is highly effective in improving functional status and reducing the risk of falls in elderly women with osteoporosis: A randomized controlled trial. Osteoporos Int 2007; 18: 419-25.
27. Hausdorff JM, Herman T, Baltadjieva R, Gurevich T, Giladi N. Balance and gait in older adults with systemic hypertension. Am J Cardiol 2003; 91: 643-5.
28. Menz HB, Lord SR, St George R, Fitzpatrick RC. Walking stability and sensorimotor function in older people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 245-52.