Repeatability (test-retest variability) of refractive error measurement in clinical settings

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 532-536

  Leinonen, Jaakko ^a   Laakkonen, Eero ^b   Laatikainen, Leila ^c  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cataract; Measurement; Pseudophakia; Refractive error; Repeatability; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746292434     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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