Psychometric properties of visual functioning index using Rasch analysis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 797-803

  Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a,b   Wright, Thomas ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^c,d,e   Pesudovs, Konrad ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cataract; cataract surgery; classical test theory; Rasch analysis; visual functioning index

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FUNCTIONING INDEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 78349285958     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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