Associations between visual impairment, incident falls and fall frequency among older asians: longitudinal findings from the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases study

Conclusions
Baseline bilateral but not unilateral VI conferred nearly two-fold higher odds of incident fall. Importantly, even mild unilateral VI conferred a substantially greater likelihood of frequent falls from correctable and uncorrectable conditions.

Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology - October 20, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Gupta, P., Man, R. E. K., Fenwick, E. K., Qian, C., Sim, R., Majithia, S., Tham, Y. C., Sabanayagam, C., Wong, T. Y., Cheng, C.-Y., Lamoureux, E. L. Tags: Editor's choice Original articles - Clinical science Source Type: research