Effect on falls of providing single lens distance vision glasses to multifocal glasses wearers: VISIBLE randomised controlled trial

• Published in: BMJ Vol. 340; no. 7760; p. 1345
• Main Authors: Haran, Mark J, Cameron, Ian D, Ivers, Rebecca Q, Simpson, Judy M, Lee, Bonsan B, Tanzer, Michael, Porwal, Mamta, Kwan, Marcella M S, Severino, Connie, Lord, Stephen R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 25.05.2010; British Medical Association; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
• Subjects: Accidental Falls - prevention & control; Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Clinical Trials (Epidemiology); Counseling; Exercise - physiology; Eyeglasses; Falls; Female; Humans; Intervention; Male; Medical research; New South Wales; Older adults; Older people; Ophthalmology; Outdoor recreation; Patient Compliance; Presbyopia - therapy; Quality of Life; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome; Walking; Walking - physiology; New South Wales

Objective To determine whether the provision of single lens distance glasses to older wearers of multifocal glasses reduces falls.Design Parallel randomised controlled trial stratified by recruitment site and source of referral, with 13 months’ follow-up and outcome assessors blinded to group alloca...