Health-related and subjective quality of life of older adults with visual impairment

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 899-907

  Renaud, Judith ^a,b   Levasseur, Melanie ^a   Gresset, Jacques ^b   Overbury, Olga ^b,c   Wanet Defalque, Marie Chantal ^d   Dubois, Marie France ^a   Témisjian, Khatoune ^d   Vincent, Claude ^e   Carignan, Mathieu ^b   Desrosiers, Johanne ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Institut Nazareth and Louis Braille   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Participation; Quality of life; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77951804324     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903349545     Document Type: Article

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