Development of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Correction Quality of Life Questionnaire: Focus Groups

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2285-2291

  Berry, Sandra ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a,b   Lindblad, Anne S ^c   McDonnell, Peter J ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRY EYE; EYE SURGERY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OCULAR PRURITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0345258503     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.08.021     Document Type: Article

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