Bicer, Kadir ErenBicer, Gamze Yildirim2024-11-072024-11-0720232667-663Xhttps://doi.org/10.4328/ACAM.21967https://hdl.handle.net/11480/14626Aim: Cataract and osteoarthritis are important diseases that cause morbidity in the geriatric population. Age is an important risk factor for both diseases. There is no clear information about the correlation of the severity of diseases yet. Material and Methods: The cataract score for the right and left eyes and the osteoarthritis stage for the right and left knee of each patient were determined. After staging, body awareness questionnaire (BAQ) was administered to the patients to test their body awareness. In the study, the correlation of the patients' cataract scores and osteoarthritis stages was examined. In addition, relationships between the cataract score and the BAQ score and between the osteoarthritis stage and the BAQ score were analyzed. Results: There was a significant correlation between patients' cataract scores and osteoarthritis stages, but this correlation was not strong. Cataract progression was found to be more asymmetrical than osteoarthritis. It was also found that the relationship between the cataract stage and body awareness was much stronger than the osteoarthritis stage. Discussion:The diseases identified in this study have the potential to cause significant clinical and economic consequences when inadequately treated. Therefore, geriatric screening programs can provide a chance for treatment before diseases progress.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAgingBody Awareness QuestionnaireCataractGeriatricsOsteoarthritisArticle1439139410.4328/ACAM.21967WOS:001087343700038N/A