A longitudinal study of visual acuity and visual rehabilitation needs in an urban Swedish population followed from the ages of 70 to 97 years of age

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 598-607

  Bergman, Birgitta ^a   Sjöstrand, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intervention; Living conditions; Longitudinal study; Oldest old; Refractive errors; Urban population; Visual acuity; Visual rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036914423     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800608.x     Document Type: Article

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