A head-to-head comparison of 16 cataract surgery outcome questionnaires

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2374-2381

  McAlinden, Colm ^a   Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a,b   Khadka, Jyoti ^a   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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATARACT OUTCOMES QUESTIONNAIRE; CATARACT SYMPTOM SCALE; CATARACT TYPE SPECIFICATION; CATQUEST 9SF; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE AND VISION FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL DISABILITY ASSESSMENT; VISUAL FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL FUNCTION INDEX; VISUAL SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 82755189394     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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