The association between visual acuity and functional limitations: Findings from a nationally representative population survey

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 333-342

  Laitinen, Arja ^a   Sainio, Päivi ^a   Koskinen, Seppo ^a   Rudanko, Sirkka Liisa ^b   Laatikainen, Leila ^c   Aromaa, Arpo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability; Functional limitations; Population survey; Visual acuity; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BINOCULAR VISION; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 37649003384     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01658100701473713     Document Type: Article

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