Associations between self-rated vision score, vision tests, and self-reported visual function in the salisbury eye evaluation study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6439-6445

  El Gasim, Mahmood ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^b   West, Sheila K ^b   Scott, Adrienne W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Self rated vision; Vision tests; Visual function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ELDERLY; SELF-RATED VISION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL FUNCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84884798017     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11461     Document Type: Article

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