Psychometric properties of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ)

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1496-1504

  Mangione, Carol M ^a   Lee, Paul P ^b,c,d   Pitts, Jennifer ^b   Gutierrez, Peter ^b   Berry, Sandra ^b   Hays, Ron D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031797859     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.11.1496     Document Type: Article

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