Cataract surgery and changes in quality of life measures

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-41

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a,c   Weisinger, Harrison S ^b   Coster, Douglas J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cantril ladder; Cataract surgery; Outcome; Profile of Mood States; Quality of life; Visual Disability Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037268182     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2003.tb03055.x     Document Type: Article

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