Modified Bahasa Malaysia version of VF-14 questionnaire: Assessing the impact of glaucoma in rural area of Malaysia

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-231

  Maharajah, Kodisvary R ^a   Tet, Cheong Min ^a   Yaacob, Azhany ^a   Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Ahmad ^a,b   Foster, Paul J ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Literacy; Quality of life; Rural; Visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 42449103511     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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