Construct validation of the Amblyopia and Strabismus Questionnaire (A&SQ) by factor analysis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1263-1268

  van de Graaf, Elizabeth S ^a   Felius, Joost ^c   Kempen du Saar, Hanneke ^b   Looman, Casper W N ^a   Passchier, Jan ^a   Kelderman, Henk ^d   Simonsz, Huibert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Waterland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Factoran alysis; Quality of life; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; AMBLYOPIA AND STRABISMUS QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ESTHETICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRABISMUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIMAX ROTATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 68549083433     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1112-8     Document Type: Article

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