Impact of the severity of distance and near-vision impairment on depression and vision-specific quality of life in older people living in residential care

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4103-4109

  Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b   Fenwick, Eva ^a   Moore, Kirsten ^a   Klaic, Marlena ^a   Borschmann, Karen ^a   Hill, Keith ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME VISION TARGETED HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VICTORIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 70349257370     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3294     Document Type: Article

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