Factors influencing patient choice of refractive surgery or contact lenses and choice of centre

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-23

  Gupta, Navneet ^a   Naroo, Shehzad A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Motivation; Questionnaire; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 33644855376     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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