Self-reported importance and difficulty of driving in a low-vision clinic population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4955-4962

  Massof, Robert W ^a,b   Deremeik, James T ^a   Park, William L ^a   Grover, Lori L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lions Vision Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVING ABILITY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38449100152     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0566     Document Type: Article

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