Is the NEI-VFQ-25 a useful tool in identifying visual impairment in an elderly population?

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Owen, Christopher G ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^b   Evans, Jennifer R ^b   Wormald, Richard P L ^c   Fletcher, Astrid E ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BINOCULAR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN RELATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VISION DISORDERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746570582     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-24     Document Type: Article

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