Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-up Study (NYC-SIGHT): a nested cross-sectional assessment of falls risk within a cluster randomised trial

CONCLUSION: This study detected a significant amount of falls risk in an underserved population. The STEADI Falls Risk screening questions were easy for eye care providers to ask, were highly predictive of falls risk and may be adequate for referral to occupational health and/or physical therapy.PMID:38609163 | DOI:10.1136/bjo-2022-323052

Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - April 12, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Lisa A Hark Yujia Wang Prakash Gorroochurn Phyllis R Simon Stefania C Maruri Desiree R Henriquez Daniel F Diamond Jason D Horowitz Lisa Park Qing Wang James D Auran Jailine Carrion David S Friedman Jeffrey L Liebmann George A Cioffi Noga Harizman Source Type: research