The impact of vision impairment questionnaire: An evaluation of its measurement properties using Rasch analysis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4732-4741

  Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a   Pallant, Julie F ^b   Pesudovs, Konrad ^c   Hassell, Jennifer B ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF VISION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33747204562     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0220     Document Type: Article

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