Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Quality-of-Life Scale for Myopia

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 70-81

  Erickson, Deborah B ^a,b   Stapleton, Fiona ^a   Erickson, Paul ^a   Du Toit, Renee ^a   Giannakopoulos, Emmy ^a   Holden, Brien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; Health behaviors; Individuality; Myopia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; LASER APPLICATIONS;

MYOPIA CORRECTION; VISUAL CORRECTION MODALITY;

VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTACT LENS; EXTRAVERSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTROVERSION; KAISER NORMALIZATION ROTATION METHOD; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION;

EID: 1242274343     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200402000-00004     Document Type: Review

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