Utility values among glaucoma patients: An impact on the quality of life

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1241-1244

  Gupta, Viney ^a   Srinivasan, G ^a   Mei, S S ^b   Gazzard, G ^c   Sihota, R ^a   Kapoor, K S ^d  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27744454276     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.068858     Document Type: Article

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