An evaluation of the reliability and validity of the visual functioning questionnaire (VF-11) using rasch analysis in an Asian population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2607-2613

  Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b   Pesudovs, Konrad ^c   Thumboo, Julian ^d   Saw, Seang Mei ^e   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FUNCTIONING QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 66849110793     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2359     Document Type: Article

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