Development and validation of a vision-specific quality-of-life questionnaire for Timor-Leste

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4284-4289

  Du Toit, Rènée ^a,b,c   Palagyi, Anna ^a,b,c   Ramke, Jacqueline ^a,b,c   Brian, Garry ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^c,d,e  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b International Centre for Eyecare Education   (Australia)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; EMOTION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INDONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 53449093480     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1893     Document Type: Article

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