Impact of blindness due to cataract in elderly fallers: findings from a cross-sectional study in Andhra Pradesh, South India

Abstract Objective To estimate the prevalence of falls, frequency of falls, injury due to falls and to explore the relationship between cataract-related blindness and falls in older patients above or equal to 50 years of age. Results A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the relations...

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Main Authors: Sannapaneni Krishnaiah, Ramani V. Ramanathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3883-7