Psychometric properties of the NEI-RQL-42 questionnaire in keratoconus

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 7370-7374

  McAlinden, Colm ^a   Khadka, Jyoti ^a   Santos Paranhos, Juliane de Freitas ^b   Schor, Paulo ^b   Pesudovs, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE REFRACTIVE ERROR QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; REFRACTION ERROR; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872039144     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9969     Document Type: Article

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