Psychometric properties of the Veterans Affairs Low-Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3919-3928

  Stelmack, Joan A ^a,b,c,j   Szlyk, Janet P ^c,d   Stelmack, Thomas R ^b,c,d   Demers Turco, Paulette ^e,f   Williams, R Tracy ^b,g,h   Moran, D'Anna ^a   Massof, Robert W ⁱ  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Deicke Center for Visual Rehabilitation   (United States)

^h LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Edward Hines Jr Veterans Medical Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VISION SCREENING; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 6944237176     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0208     Document Type: Article

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