Prevalence and patterns of comorbid cognitive impairment in low vision rehabilitation for macular disease

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-212

  Whitson, Heather E ^a,b   Ansah, Deidra ^a   Whitaker, Diane ^c   Potter, Guy ^a   Cousins, Scott W ^c   MacDonald, Heather ^a   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Landerman, Lawrence ^a   Steffens, David C ^a   Cohen, Harvey J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Comorbidity; Low vision rehabilitation; Macular disease; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 74449085645     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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