Computer use among patients with age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 190-195

  Brody, Barbara L ^a,b   Field, Linda C ^a   Roch Levecq, Anne Catherine ^a   Depp, Colin ^c   Edland, Steven D ^b   Minasyan, Lilit ^a   Brown, Stuart I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Low vision; Macular degeneration; Quality of life; Universal access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMD SELF EFFICACY QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH AND IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELEMEDICINE; VISUAL ACUITY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84863712383     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.672618     Document Type: Article

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