Vision and quality of life: The development of a utility measure

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4007-4015

  Misajon, RoseAnne ^a   Hawthorne, Graeme ^a   Richardson, Jeff ^b   Barton, Jodi ^a   Peacock, Stuart ^b   Iezzi, Angelo ^b   Keeffe, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ACTUALIZATION; VISION; VISION QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33644695921     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1389     Document Type: Article

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