Development and sensitivity to visual impairment of the Low Vision Functional Status Evaluation (LVFSE)

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 212-220

  Ross, Caroline K ^a,b   Stelmack, Joan A ^a,b,c   Stelmack, Thomas R ^a,b,c   Guihan, Marylou ^a   Fraim, Melanie ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d City of Fort Lauderdale   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Low vision rehabilitation; Outcomes measurement

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EVALUATION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

LOW VISION FUNCTIONAL STATUS EVALUATION; LOW VISION REHABILITATION; OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT;

VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032929316     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199904000-00024     Document Type: Article

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