Predicting the need for low vision rehabilitation services

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-255

  O'Connor, P M ^a,b,c   Lamoureux, E L ^a,b   Keeffe, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38949157752     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.125955     Document Type: Article

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