Depressive symptoms and quality of life in people with age- related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-380

  Mathew, Remy Sheena ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a   Beaumont, Paul ^b   Vaegan, ^a   Madigan, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Institute for Eye Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Ageing; Depression; Macular degeneration; Physical activity; Physical functioning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79958807639     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2011.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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