Predicting state anxiety in optometric practice

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1295-1302

  Court, Helen ^a   Greenland, Katy ^a   Margrain, Tom H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Optometric practice; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; MEAN AGES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION MODEL; STATE-ANXIETY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPTOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70449602163     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181bb4212     Document Type: Article

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