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KMID : 1011420210260010045
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Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
2021 Volume.26 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.51
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Fall Prevention in Older Adults after Wearing Corrected Spectacles for Distance
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Park Seung-Chul
Yoo Chan-Wooon
Park Kyu-Tae
Lee Young-Min
Kim Sang-Yeob
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of by wearing distance-correctedspectacles for distance vision in preventing falls in older adults.
Methods: Twenty-five patients with an average age of 79.04±6.79 years participated in this study. After a subjective refraction test was performed on all subjects, corrected glasses for distance were manufactured and provided. Changes in the fall risk index (FI) and synchronization index were compared and analyzed using the TETRAX system.
Results: In 25 subjects, the FI significantly decreased after wearing glasses (p<0.05). The subanalysis of the super-older and the older adult groups showed that FI significantly decreased only in the super-older adult group (p< 0.05). The correlation analysis of FI difference value, visual acuity improvement, and refractive error did not show a statistically significant correlation (p>0.05). The change in synchronization significantly increased in AB, AC, and BD after wearing glasses (p<0.05); the increase in CD was marginally significant (p=0.051).
Conclusions: It was confirmed that wearing spectacles for distance vision correction contributed to the prevention of falls in older adults by improving the postural control of each foot through the correction of refractive erro
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KEYWORD
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Corrected glasses for distance, Fall risk index, Synchronization index, Prevention of fall, TETRAX
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