Visual impairment from cataract and health related quality of life: Results from a case-control study in the Philippines

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Polack, Sarah ^a   Eusebio, Cristina ^b   Fletcher, Astrid ^a   Foster, Allen ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cataract Foundation of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Cataract; Health related quality of life; The Philippines; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS VISUAL FUNCTION 20; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952257690     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286581003731536     Document Type: Article

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