Childhood amblyopia treatment: Psychosocial implications for patients and primary carers

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-375

  Choong, Yee Fong ^a,c   Lukman, H ^b   Martin, S ^a   Laws, D E ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Occlusion; Psychosocial; Stress; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WELLBEING;

EID: 2342619638     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700647     Document Type: Article

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