Concepedia

Falls, injuries from falls, health related quality of life and mortality in older adults with vision and hearing impairment—Is there a gender difference?

Derrick Lopez, Kieran McCaul, Graeme J. Hankey, Paul E. Norman, Osvaldo P. Almeida, Annette J. Dobson, Julie Byles, Bu B. Yeap, Leon Flicker

Maturitas · 2011 · 140 citations · 29 references

Concepts

Public HealthGeriatric MedicineInjury PreventionDisabilityFalls PreventionOlder Adult Injury PreventionAge-related Hearing LossHearing ImpairmentHearing LossSex Differences In HealthVision ImpairmentVisual ImpairmentAge-related Sensory DeclineFall-related Injury RiskFall-related Mortality AssessmentFalls EpidemiologyFalls In Older AdultsFalls In The ElderlyInjury Risk From Falls

References

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The Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life in Older Adults

Dayna S. Dalton, Karen J. Cruickshanks, Ronald Klein et al. · The Gerontologist · 2003 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Health Professions, Audiology, Geriatric Medicine +17

Prevalence of Hearing Loss and Differences by Demographic Characteristics Among US Adults<subtitle>Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004</subtitle>

Yuri Agrawal · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2008 · 971 citations

Health Professions, Audiology, Otolaryngology +16

Visual Acuity and the Causes of Visual Loss in Australia

Karin Attebo, Paul Mitchell, Wayne Smith · Ophthalmology · 1996 · 806 citations

Medicine, Ophthalmology, Optometry +14

Forgetting Falls

Steven R. Cummings, Michael C. Nevitt, Sharon A. Kidd · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1988 · 777 citations

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Psychology +13

Visual Impairment and Falls in Older Adults: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Rebecca Ivers, Robert G. Cumming, Paul Mitchell et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1998 · 738 citations

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Ophthalmology +17