Reliability and Validity of Abbreviated Surveys Derived from the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-340

  Kodjebacheva, Gergana ^a,b   Coleman, Anne L ^a,b   Ensrud, Kristine E ^c   Cauley, Jane A ^d   Yu, Fei ^a,b   Stone, Katie L ^e   Pedula, Kathryn L ^f   Hochberg, Marc C ^g   Mangione, Carol M ^h  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VISION; VISION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE (U.S.); OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 73849105805     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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