Impact of Severity and Bilaterality of Visual Impairment on Health-Related Quality of Life

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1846-1853

  Varma, Rohit ^a   Wu, Joanne ^b   Chong, Kelly ^c   Azen, Stanley P ^a   Hays, Ron D ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Health Services Research   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33748952823     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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