Is the pediatric quality of life inventory valid for use in preschool children with refractive errors?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 813-822

  Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b   Marella, Manjula ^a   Chang, Benjamin ^c   Dirani, Mohamed ^a   Kah Guan, Au Eong ^c,e,f,g   Chia, Audrey ^h   Young, Terry L ^d,h   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c Jurong Medical Centre Singapore   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

health related quality of life; preschool children; Rasch analysis; refractive errors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; MINIMUM VALUE; MULTIDIMENSIONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE ERROR; SINGAPORE; STANDARD DEVIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG CHILDREN;

HEALTH; PEDIATRICS;

ERRORS;

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 78349310286     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181f6fb84     Document Type: Article

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