A health education program for elderly persons with visual impairments and perceived security in the performance of daily occupations: A randomized study

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 322-330

  Dahlin Ivanoff, S ^a   Sonn, U ^a   Svensson, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Evaluation process, occupational therapy; Macular degeneration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; ROC CURVE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ROC CURVE; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0036583590     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.56.3.322     Document Type: Article

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