Effect of Cataract Surgery on Frequency of Falls among Older Persons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Characteristics of included studies of the relationship the frequency of falls after the second cataract surgery in the older people.

Author	Design	Patients	Age	Sex	Follow-up time	Falls before surgery	Falls after surgery
Foss et al., [15]	Controlled clinical trial: expedited surgery	N = 120	Range:70–90 y	Female; 120 (100%)	12 months	57 (47.5%)	48 (40.0%)
To et al., [20]	Before and after surgery	N = 413 (pre-surgery); N = 193 (post-surgery)	66.6 ± 7.9	Female; 268 (64.9%); Male; 145 (35.1%)	12 months	53 (12.8%)	13 (6.7%)
Feng et al., [14]	Before and after surgery	N = 55	73.3 ± 7.7	Female; 30 (54.6%); Male; 25 (45.4%)	283 ± 52.2 days	14 (25.5%)	5 (9.1%)