Abandonment of low-vision devices in an outpatient population

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1283-1287

  Dougherty, Bradley E ^a   Kehler, K Bradley ^b   Jamara, Richard ^c   Patterson, Nicole ^d   Valenti, Denise ^e   Vera Diaz, Fuensanta A ^c,f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^f SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

low vision; questionnaires; reading; rehabilitation; visual field

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SITES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HANDHELDS; LOW VISION; MEAN AGES; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; TELEPHONE SURVEY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION; SURVEYS; VISION;

EQUIPMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 80255135533     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31822a61e7     Document Type: Article

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