Attitudes towards and perceptions of visual loss and its causes among Hong Kong Chinese adults

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Lau, Joseph Tak Fai ^a   Lee, Vincent ^b   Fan, Dorothy ^a   Lau, Mason ^a   Michon, John ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Chinese; Health care utilization; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 3142589117     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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