A randomized, controlled trial of an intervention promoting cataract surgery acceptance in Rural China: The Guangzhou uptake of surgery trial (GUSTO)

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5271-5278

  Liu, Tianyu ^a,b   Congdon, Nathan ^a,f   Yan, Xixi ^a   Jin, Ling ^a   Wu, Ying ^a,c   Friedman, David ^d,e   He, Mingguang ^a,e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL FEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ACUITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATARACT; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84867905183     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9798     Document Type: Article

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