Measuring visual discomfort in college students

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 745-751

  Borsting, Eric ^a   Chase, Christopher H ^b   Ridder III, William H ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Asthenopia; Quality of life; Symptoms; Vergence; Visual discomfort

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SURVEYS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCOMMODATION; ASTHENOPIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERGENCE; VISUAL DISCOMFORT;

STUDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; DIPLOPIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34547915923     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31812f5f51     Document Type: Article

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