Evaluation of the NEI visual functioning questionnaire as an interval measure of visual ability in low vision

Vision Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 397-413

  Massof, Robert W ^a   Fletcher, Donald C ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Retina Consultants of Southwest Florida   (United States)

^c Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Item response model; Low vision; Psychometric; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Rasch analysis; Visual function; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0035142992     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00249-2     Document Type: Article

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