The importance of acuity, stereopsis, and contrast sensitivity for health-related quality of life in elderly women with cataracts

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Datta, Sayan ^a   Foss, Alexander J E ^a   Grainge, Matthew J ^c   Gregson, Richard M ^a   Zaman, Anwar ^a   Masud, Tahir ^b   Osborn, Fran ^a   Harwood, Rowan H ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 39549123073     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1073     Document Type: Article

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