The impact of cataract surgery on health related quality of life in kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 387-399

  Polack, Sarah ^a   Eusebio, Christina ^b   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^c   Wadud, Zakia ^d   Mamunur, A K M ^e   Fletcher, Astrid ^a   Foster, Allen ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cataract Foundation of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c Rift Valley Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

^d Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^e CSS Rawm Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cataract surgery; Health related quality of life; Kenya; Low income countries; Philippines; Vision related quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHILIPPINES; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, LOW; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78649371126     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.528136     Document Type: Article

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