Fear of Falling and Visual Field Loss from Glaucoma

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 119; no. 7; pp. 1352 - 1358
• Main Authors: Ramulu, Pradeep Y., van Landingham, Suzanne W., Massof, Robert W., Chan, Emilie S., Ferrucci, Luigi, Friedman, David S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Accidental Falls; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Algorithms; Biological and medical sciences; Diseases of visual field, optic nerve, optic chiasma and optic tracts; Fear - psychology; Female; Glaucoma - complications; Glaucoma - psychology; Glaucoma and intraocular pressure; Health Status Indicators; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Ophthalmology; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vision Disorders - etiology; Vision Disorders - psychology; Visual Acuity - physiology; Visual Fields; Glaucoma; Protozoa; Eye disease; Visual field disease; Glaucoma (eye); Visual field defect; Ciliata; Emotion emotionality; Ophthalmology

To determine if visual field (VF) loss resulting from glaucoma is associated with greater fear of falling. Prospective, observational study. Fear of falling was compared between 83 glaucoma subjects with bilateral VF loss and 60 control subjects with good visual acuity and without significant VF los...