Prevalence and burden of self-reported blindness and low vision for individuals living institutions: A nationwide survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Brézein, Antoine Pierre ^a   Lafuma, Antoine ^b   Fagnani, Francis ^b   Mesbah, Mounir ^c   Berdeaux, Gilles ^d  

^a Université Paris 5 ^*  (France)

^b CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Alcon France ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Blindness; Dependency; Handicap; Incapacity; Low vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BUILDING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISUAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FRANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 23844448582     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-27     Document Type: Article

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