Evaluating the effectiveness of a vision rehabilitation intervention using an objective and subjective measure of functional performance

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 259-270

  McCabe, P ^a   Nason, F ^a   Turco, P D ^a   Friedman, D ^a   Seddon, J M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Low vision; Outcome measurement; Vision impairment; Vision rehabilitation; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OPTOMETRY; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034472402     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.7.4.259.4173     Document Type: Article

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