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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/18.1.31" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/18.1.31</a>
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31–34
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18
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Risk of imbalance in elderly people with impaired hearing or vision.
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Age and ageing
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1989
1989-01
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Female; Humans; Male; Aged; Risk Factors; Age Factors; Accidental Falls; *Postural Balance; Hearing Disorders/*complications; Vision Disorders/*complications; 80 and over; 80 and Over; Balance; Postural; Hearing Disorders – Complications; Vision Disorders – Complications
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Gerson L W; Jarjoura D; McCord G
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We evaluated the effect of impaired hearing and vision on balance in a sample of 977 elderly people residing in the community. Of the sample, 21% reported balance problems, 27% vision problems, and 30% hearing problems. The increased relative risk for balance problems was 1.7 for each 10-year age increment. Women were 1.7 times more likely to report balance problems than were men. The relative risk of imbalance with impaired vision decreased with age from 2.8 in those aged 65-69 years to 1.0 in those over 85 years. There was no age-hearing interaction, the relative risk for impaired hearing is 1.6. It appears that impaired vision and hearing are important risk factors for imbalance and perhaps falls and injury.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/18.1.31" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1093/ageing/18.1.31</a>
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*Postural Balance
1989
80 and over
Accidental Falls
Age and ageing
Age Factors
Aged
Balance
Female
Gerson L W
Hearing Disorders – Complications
Hearing Disorders/*complications
Humans
Jarjoura D
Male
McCord G
Postural
Risk Factors
Vision Disorders – Complications
Vision Disorders/*complications