title: [Improvement of vision in nursing home patients through eyeglasses].
abstract: Adequate refraction correction may contribute to the quality of life of elderly persons who will be less dependent on care in daily life and will be less prone to fall. In nearly 20% of 102 nursing home residents binocular visual acuity improved with at least one line on the Snellen Chart by adjustment of refractive correction.
authors.affiliation: VU Medisch Centrum, afdeling oogheelkunde, postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Koole
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Polak
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: van der Heijde
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Zemel
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Breedijk
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Tijmes
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012031:Refractometry; D015351:Vision Screening