Low vision, ADL and hearing assistive device use among older persons with visual impairments

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 326-334

  Eklund, Kajsa ^a,b   Dahlin Ivanoff, Synneve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; age related macular degeneration; intervention; problem solving; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION AID; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISION, LOW;

EID: 63349087932     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17483100701714717     Document Type: Article

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