Vision self-management for older adults: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-228

  Girdler, Sonya J ^a,b,c   Boldy, Duncan P ^a   Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^a   Crowley, Margaret ^a,b   Packer, Tanya L ^a,b,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Association for the Blind of Western Australia   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 76149092870     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.147538     Document Type: Article

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