Visual Activities Questionnaire: Assessment of subscale validity for cataract surgery outcomes

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1961-1969

  Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a   Wright, Thomas A ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL VISION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 72449177579     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.05.058     Document Type: Article

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