The nursing home minimum data set for vision and its association with visual acuity and contrast sensitivity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 486-491

  Swanson, Mark W ^a,d   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^b,c   Elliott, Amanda F ^b   Owsley, Cynthia ^b  

^a School of Optometry   (United States)

^b West Indies

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Department of Optometry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

MDS; Nursing home; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 61449249229     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02144.x     Document Type: Article

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