Evaluating the self-esteem of myopic children over a three-year period: The COMET experience

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-347

  Dias, Lynette ^a   Hyman, Leslie ^a   Manny, Ruth E ^b   Fern, Karen ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical trials; Myopia; Self esteem; Visual symptoms

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASES; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CORRECTION OF MYOPIA EVALUATION TRIAL (COMET); PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENSES (PAL); SINGLE-VISION LENSES (SVL); UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMPETENCE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHILD; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; OPTICS; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17444405978     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000159365.16184.BF     Document Type: Article

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