Assessing the diagnostic validity of a blind register

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 494-500

  Crewe, Julie M ^a   Morgan, William H ^b   Morlet, Nigel ^a   Spilsbury, Katrina ^a   Mukhtar, Aqif ^a   Clark, Antony ^a   Ng, Jonathon Q ^a   Crowley, Margaret ^c   Semmens, James B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Association for the Blind of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blind register; Blindness; Positive predictive value; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DATA BASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; REGISTER; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961211015     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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