Psychosocial adaptation to visual impairment and its relationship to depressive affect in older adults with age-related macular degeneration

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 747-753

  Tolman, Jennifer ^a   Hill, Robert D ^a   Kleinschmidt, Julia J ^b   Gregg, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Eye disease; Legally blind; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 28744436650     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.6.747     Document Type: Article

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