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Factors associated with developing a fear of falling in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma
- Source :
- BMC Ophthalmology, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018), BMC Ophthalmology
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background To investigate the relationship between clinical risk factors, including visual field (VF) defects and visual acuity, and a fear of falling, among patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods All participants answered the following question at a baseline ophthalmic examination: Are you afraid of falling? The same question was then answered every 12 months for 3 years. A binocular integrated visual field was calculated by merging a patient’s monocular Humphrey field analyzer VFs, using the ‘best sensitivity’ method. The means of total deviation values in the whole, superior peripheral, superior central, inferior central, and inferior peripheral VFs were calculated. The relationship between these mean VF measurements, and various clinical factors, against patients’ baseline fear of falling and future fear of falling was analyzed using multiple logistic regression. Results Among 392 POAG subjects, 342 patients (87.2%) responded to the fear of falling question at least twice in the 3 years study period. The optimal regression model for patients’ baseline fear of falling included age, gender, mean of total deviation values in the inferior peripheral VF and number of previous falls. The optimal regression equation for future fear of falling included age, gender, mean of total deviation values in the inferior peripheral VF and number of previous falls. Conclusion Defects in the inferior peripheral VF area are significantly related to the development of a fear of falling.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Quality of life
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
genetic structures
Vision Disorders
Visual Acuity
Glaucoma
Poison control
Fear of falling
Audiology
Logistic regression
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
lcsh:Ophthalmology
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective Studies
Risk factor
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
General Medicine
Fear
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Visual field
Ophthalmology
lcsh:RE1-994
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Accidental Falls
Female
medicine.symptom
Visual Fields
Falling (sensation)
business
Primary open-angle glaucoma
Glaucoma, Open-Angle
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712415
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ee00d549310e9031fe9a7acc5b994d76