Identifying fallers among ophthalmic patients using classification tree methodology.

PURPOSE:To develop and validate a tool aiming to support ophthalmologists in identifying, during routine ophthalmologic visits, patients at higher risk of falling in the following year. METHODS:A group of 141 subjects (age: 73.2 ± 11.4 years), recruited at our Eye Clinic, underwent a baseline ophtha...

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Main Authors: Paolo Melillo, Ada Orrico, Franco Chirico, Leandro Pecchia, Settimio Rossi, Francesco Testa, Francesca Simonelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5363841?pdf=render