Comparative analysis of visual function and the quality of life index with eyeglasses or a progressive contact lens;Comparação da função visual e do índice de qualidade de vida com uso de óculos ou de lente de contato progressiva

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-359

  Sant'Anna, Neusa Vidal ^a,b   Schor, Paulo ^a   Lipener, César ^a   Uras, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIFESP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Comparative study; Contact lenses; Eyeglasses; Ocular; Presbyopia; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745848131     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492006000300013     Document Type: Article

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