Impact of general health status on validity of visual impairment measurement

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-355

  Ahmadian, Lohrasb ^a,b   Massof, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lions Vision Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; General health; Rasch analyses; Visual impairment measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 53749095958     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580802227402     Document Type: Article

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