Fall risk in older adults: Roles of self-rated vision, home modifications, and limb function

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 655-676

  Steinman, Bernard A ^a,b   Pynoos, Jon ^a   Nguyen, Anna Q D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Home modification; Limb function; Older adults; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEG; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SELF HELP; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-HELP DEVICES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67849094155     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264309338295     Document Type: Article

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