Effect of cataract surgery on falls and mobility in independently living older adults.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of cataract surgery on the occurrence of falls and mobility and balance problems in older adults with cataract. DESIGN:Longitudinal follow-up study. SETTING:Clinical Research Unit, University of Alabama at Birmingham. PARTICIPANTS:Persons aged 55 and older with a cataract were recruited from 12 eye clinics in Alabama from October 1994 through March 1996. Participants were classified into two groups: those who had cataract surgery (surgery group, n=122) and those who had not (no-surgery group, n=92). MEASUREMENTS:At baseline and 1-year follow-up visits, information on the occurrence of falls and mobility and balance problems was collected based on subjects' recall of events during the prior 12 months. RESULTS:After adjusting for demographic, behavioral, medical, and visual characteristics, there was no difference between the two groups in the likelihood of falling (risk ratio (RR)=0.96, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.64-1.42) or in having mobility (RR=0.81, 95% CI=0.55-1.18) or balance difficulties (RR=0.71, 95% CI=0.37-1.39). CONCLUSION:Cataract surgery had no association with the occurrence of falls or mobility or balance problems in independently living older adults with a cataract.

journal_name

J Am Geriatr Soc

authors

McGwin G Jr,Gewant HD,Modjarrad K,Hall TA,Owsley C

doi

10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00770.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-07-01 00:00:00

pages

1089-94

issue

7

eissn

0002-8614

issn

1532-5415

pii

JGS770

journal_volume

54

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