Development of a Short Version of the Visual Function Questionnaire Using Item-Response Theory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a,b   Wakita, Takafumi ^c   Yamada, Masakazu ^d   Hiratsuka, Yoshimune ^e   Green, Joseph ^b,f   Oki, Kotaro ^b,g  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g Oki Eye Surgery Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORY VALIDATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884175650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073084     Document Type: Article

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