McMonnies questionnaire: Enhancing screening for dry eye syndromes with rasch analysis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1401-1407

  Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a,b   Pesudovs, Konrad ^a   Wright, Thomas A ^a   McMonnies, Charles W ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MASS SCREENING; MCMONNIES QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; DISABILITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

AREA UNDER CURVE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 77949877896     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4180     Document Type: Article

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