Health-related quality of life following blind rehabilitation

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-507

  Kuyk, Thomas ^a,b   Liu, Lei ^c   Elliott, Jeffry L ^a   Grubbs, Hartley E ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^d   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^c,d   Griffin, Russell L ^c   Fuhr, Patti S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind rehabilitation; Health related quality of life; Hope Scale; NEI VFQ; Profound low vision; SF 12; United States veterans; Vision rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOPE SCALE AND COOPERSMITH SELF ESTEEM INVENTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 25 ITEM VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SHORT FORM 36; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 43049180277     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9336-3     Document Type: Article

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