Analysis of the life quality of infectious and non-infectious patients with uveitis using the NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaire;Análise da qualidade de vida de portadores de uveítes de causas infecciosas e não infecciosas pelo questionário NEI-VFQ-25

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 847-854

  Mello, Paula Resende Aquino de Assis Pereira ^a   Roma, Adriano de Carvalho ^a   Moraes, Haroldo Vieira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eye infections; Life quality; Ocular health; Questionnaires; Uveitis etiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649890671     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492008000600016     Document Type: Article

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