Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between regular eye examinations and changes in visual and functional status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1867-1874

  Sloan, Frank A ^a,b   Picone, Gabriel ^a   Brown, Derek S ^b,c   Lee, Paul P ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye care; Practice guidelines; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 29244469907     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53560.x     Document Type: Article

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