Coping strategies to manage stress related to vision loss and fluctuations in retinitis pigmentosa

Optometry

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 461-468

  Bittner, Ava K ^a   Edwards, Lori ^b   George, Maureen ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Coping skills; Focus groups; Low vision; Retinitis pigmentosa; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW;

EID: 77955917886     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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