Characterizing functional complaints in patients seeking outpatient low-vision services in the United States

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Jamie C ^a   Goldstein, Judith E ^b   Chan, Tiffany L ^b   Massof, Robert ^b   Ramulu, Pradeep ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms; CI; confidence interval; logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; logMAR; low vision rehabilitation; LVR; odds ratio; OR; VA; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW VISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; RECOGNITION; REHABILITATION PATIENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CAR DRIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; VERY ELDERLY; VISION; VISION, LOW; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905489527     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.02.030     Document Type: Article

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