Utility values in Singapore Chinese adults with primary open-angle and primary angle-closure glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 455-462

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Gazzard, Gus ^b,c,d,e   Eong, Kah Guan Au ^f   Oen, Francis ^c   Seah, Steve ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Quality of life; Utilities

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK CUP; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27944439253     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000185434.08051.82     Document Type: Article

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