[Improvement of vision in nursing home patients through eyeglasses]

F D Koole; B C Polak; G L van der Heijde; D A Zemel; T R Breedijk; N T Tijmes

[Improvement of vision in nursing home patients through eyeglasses]

Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr. 2001 Oct;32(5):213-5.

[Article in Dutch]

Authors

F D Koole¹, B C Polak, G L van der Heijde, D A Zemel, T R Breedijk, N T Tijmes

Affiliation

¹ VU Medisch Centrum, afdeling oogheelkunde, postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam.

PMID: 11732372

Abstract

Adequate refraction correction may contribute to the quality of life of elderly persons who will be less dependent on care in daily life and will be less prone to fall. In nearly 20% of 102 nursing home residents binocular visual acuity improved with at least one line on the Snellen Chart by adjustment of refractive correction.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / prevention & control*
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Eyeglasses*
Female
Homes for the Aged*
Humans
Hyperopia / rehabilitation
Inpatients / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Myopia / rehabilitation
Netherlands / epidemiology
Nursing Homes*
Refractive Errors / diagnosis
Refractive Errors / epidemiology
Refractive Errors / rehabilitation*
Refractometry
Vision Screening