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. 2001 Oct;32(5):213-5.

[Improvement of vision in nursing home patients through eyeglasses]

[Article in Dutch]
F D Koole  1 , B C Polak, G L van der Heijde, D A Zemel, T R Breedijk, N T Tijmes
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[Improvement of vision in nursing home patients through eyeglasses]

[Article in Dutch]
F D Koole et al. Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr. 2001 Oct.

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.

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