Self-reported visual function in healthy older people in Britain: An exploratory study of associations with age, sex, depression, education and income

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 585-590

  Iliffe, Steve ^a   Kharicha, Kalpa ^a   Harari, Danielle ^b   Swift, Cameron ^c   Gillmann, Gerhard ^d   Stuck, Andreas ^e  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Spital Bern Ziegler ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; General practice; Older people; Visual function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE MEDICINE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 30744440087     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi067     Document Type: Article

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