Measuring visual symptoms in British cataract patients: The cataract symptom scale

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-523

  Crabtree, H L ^a   Hildreth, A J ^a   O'Connell, J E ^a   Phelan, P S ^b   Allen, D ^b   Gray, C S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032956353     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.5.519     Document Type: Article

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