Outcomes of the veterans affairs low vision intervention trial (LOVIT)

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 608-617

  Stelmack, Joan A ^a,b,c,f   Tang, X Charlene ^a   Reda, Domenic J ^a   Rinne, Stephen ^a   Mancil, Rickilyn M ^d   Massof, Robert W ^e  

^a Edward Hines Jr Hospital   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Hines VA Hospital (151H)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SENSORY AIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 43549091144     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.5.608     Document Type: Article

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