Psychometric Performance of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire in Latinos and Non-Latinos

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1363-1371.e2

  Baker, Richard S ^a,b   Bazargan, Mohsen ^a   Calderón, José L ^a   Hays, Ron D ^b,c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EVALUATION; EYE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROLE PLAYING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; UNITED STATES; VISION;

EID: 33747100680     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.073     Document Type: Article

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