Responsiveness of the EQ-5D to the effects of low vision rehabilitation

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 799-805

  Malkin, Alexis G ^a   Goldstein, Judith E ^a   Perlmutter, Monica S ^b   Massof, Robert W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; low vision; outcome measures; utility; visual function

Indexed keywords

EQ-5D; LOW VISION; OUTCOME MEASURES; UTILITY; VISUAL FUNCTIONS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETERS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW VISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISION, LOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, LOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881400587     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000000005     Document Type: Article

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