The VF-14: An Index of Functional Impairment in Patients With Cataract

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 630-638

  Steinberg, Earl P ^a,b   Tielsch, James M ^a   Schein, Oliver D ^a   Javitt, Jonathan C ^d   Sharkey, Phoebe ^c   Cassard, Sandra D ^b   Legro, Marcia W ^b   Diener West, Marie ^a,b   Bass, Eric B ^b   Damiano, Anne M ^b   Steinwachs, Donald M ^b   Sommer, Alfred ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

EID: 0028234302     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1994.01090170074026     Document Type: Article

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