Are standard instruments valid for the assessment of quality of life and symptoms in glaucoma?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 789-796

  Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,c   Ferraro, John G ^a,d   Pallant, Julie F ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^b   Rees, Gwyn ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; IVI; Ocular complaints; Quality of Life; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL;

GLAUCOMA; OCULAR COMPLAINTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34547921612     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181334b83     Document Type: Article

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