Validation of a quality of life questionnaire in the Pacific Island

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 378-386

  O'Connor, Patricia M ^a   Scarr, Bronwyn C ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a   Le Mesurier, Richard T ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Low vision; Pacific Islands; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VANUATU; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649342377     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.528134     Document Type: Article

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