Relationship of Visual Impairment and Poor Mobility With Mortality
Older adults with both VI and poor mobility are at an additive increased risk of mortality. Future interventions may want to target older adults with both VI and poor mobility to improve survival.
Authors
- Joseph Rigdon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6265-0752)
- Atalie C. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2817-6417)
- Stephen B. Kritchevsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3336-6781)
- Michael E. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6306-3437)
Institutions
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19584
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Wake Forest School of Medicine
- National Institute on Aging
- National Eye Institute
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Wake Forest School of Medicine