Fear of Blindness in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study. Patterns and Correlates over Time

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2213-2220

  Janz, Nancy K ^a   Wren, Patricia A ^b   Guire, Kenneth E ^a   Musch, David C ^a,c   Gillespie, Brenda W ^a   Lichter, Paul R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE; TRABECULECTOMY; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLINDNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 36549023044     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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