The outcome of cataract surgery measured with the Catquest-9SF

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 718-723

  Lundstrom, Mats ^a   Behndig, Anders ^b   Kugelberg, Maria ^c   Montan, Per ^c   Stenevi, Ulf ^d   Pesudovs, Konrad ^e  

^a BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cataract surgery; questionnaire; Rasch analysis; response theory; validation; visual disability; visual function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATQUEST 9SF; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; VALIDITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 82155197248     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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