Vision-related quality of life impairment in an elderly UK population: Associations with age, sex, social class and material deprivation

Eye

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 739-744

  Frost, Andrew ^a   Eachus, Jenny ^a   Sparrow, John ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a   Hopper, Cherida ^a   Davey Smith, George ^a   Frankel, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Population survey; Prevalence; Quality of life; Questionnaire survey; Socio economic factors; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0035697246     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2001.241     Document Type: Article

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