Multiplicative rating scales do not enable measurement of vision-related quality of life

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-62

  Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a,b   Wright, Thomas A ^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; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Visual disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION; VISION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION TESTS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 78650688279     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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