Remediating serious flaws in the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 718-732

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a   Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a   Wright, Thomas ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLOR VISION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DRIVING ABILITY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; PERIPHERAL VISION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISION TEST;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE (U.S.); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77951939952     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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