Evaluating a new logMAR chart designed to improve visual acuity assessment in population-based surveys

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 754-758

  Bourne, Rupert R A ^a   Rosser, D A ^a   Sukudom, P ^b   Dineen, B ^c   Laidlaw, D A H ^d   Johnson, G J ^a   Murdoch, I E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

logMAR; Methods comparison study; Tumbling E; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; THAILAND; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0043273862     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700500     Document Type: Article

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