Self-assessment of the quality of vision: Assosciation of questionnaire score with objective clinical tests

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 506-512

  Carta, Arturo ^a   Braccio, Laura ^a   Belpoliti, Matteo ^a   Soliani, Lamberto ^a   Sartore, Franco ^a   Gandolfi, Stefano A ^a   Maraini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Objective clinical tests; Quality of vision questionnaires; Self assessment; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CATARACT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; SELF EVALUATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031800231     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.5.506.5191     Document Type: Article

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