The Prevalence of Visual Impairment in Retirement Home Residents

BACKGROUND: Elderly persons often have eye diseases causing either reversible or irreversible visual loss. The prevalence of such problems among retirement home residents is unknown. METHODS: 203 residents of retirement homes in and around Würzburg, Germany, were examined. Clinical histories were ta...

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Published in:Dtsch Arztebl Int
Main Authors: Thederan, Luisa, Steinmetz, Susanne, Kampmann, Sabine, Koob-Matthes, Anna-Maria, Grehn, Franz, Klink, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Deutscher Arzte Verlag 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961882/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27215597
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2016.0323
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