The effect of personality on measures of quality of life related to vision in glaucoma patients

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-315

  Warrian, K J ^a,d   Spaeth, G L ^b   Lankaranian, D ^a   Lopes, J F ^a   Steinmann, W C ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 61849132265     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.139592     Document Type: Article

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