Banerjee and associates studied the effect of lighting on visually impaired older individuals’ experiences in their homes. The researchers determined that “better lighting at home was associated with increased physical activity at home. For every 0.1-log units increase in average home lighting, individuals took 5% more daily steps and had a 3% increase in average daily peak cadence. Greater measured lighting was associated with higher physical activity levels in older adults. . . . [the study] included participants with glaucoma suspect and primary glaucoma who were 60 years or older with varying degrees of visual field damage. . . . results demonstrated that home environment features, particularly lighting, may influence home activity metrics in older adults with visual impairment. . . . Our study showed that with better lighting, individuals are likely to do more physical activity at home, which in a turn may lead to an increase in performance of simple daily activities at home and maintenance of independence in an older population.” The average age of participants was 71.
Seema Banerjee, Aleksandra Mihailovic, Rhonda Miller, et al. “Visual Impairment and Real-World Home Physical Activity with Home Environment in an Older Population.” JAMA Ophthalmology, in press, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2814751?guestAccessKey=0c7b70c1-9219-402e-89f3-ff7dc3521ae4&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=020824