Effect on falls of providing single lens distance vision glasses to multifocal glasses wearers: VISIBLE randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7760, 2010, Pages 1345-

  Haran, Mark J ^a   Cameron, Ian D ^b   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^c,d   Simpson, Judy M ^d   Lee, Bonsan B ^e,f,g   Tanzer, Michael ^g   Porwal, Mamta ^g   Kwan, Marcella M S ^g   Severino, Connie ^g   Lord, Stephen R ^f,g  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EYE CARE; EYE INJURY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACERATION; LENS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALD; SPECTACLES; VISION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESBYOPIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 77953720404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2265     Document Type: Article

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