Visual disability assessment: Valid measurement of activity limitation and mobility in cataract patients

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 777-781

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a   Wright, Thomas A ^a   Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISABILITY ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77953742898     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.169490     Document Type: Article

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