Changes to the subscales of two vision-related quality of life questionnaires are proposed

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1260-1268

  De Boer, Michiel R ^a,b   De Vet, Henrica C W ^b   Terwee, Caroline B ^b   Moll, Annette C ^a,b   Völker Dieben, Hennie J M ^a   Van Rens, Ger H M B ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor analysis, statistical; Minimally important change; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Visually impaired persons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, LOW;

EID: 27744550981     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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