Psychometric properties of the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25), Japanese version

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^a,b   Oshika, Tetsuro ^c   Yuzawa, Mitsuko ^d   Tokuda, Yoshiro ^e   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^f   Oki, Kotaro ^g   Mangione, Carol M ^h   Green, Joseph ^f   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Inoue Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g Sojukai Medical Foundation   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VISION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27744462216     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-65     Document Type: Article

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