'A living death': A qualitative assessment of quality of life among women with trichiasis in rural Niger

International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-297

  Palmer, Stephanie L ^a,b   Winskell, Kate ^b   Patterson, Amy E ^a,c   Boubacar, Kadri ^d   Ibrahim, Fatahou ^e   Namata, Ibrahim ^e   Oungoila, Tahirou ^a   Kané, Mohamed Salissou ^a   Hassan, Adamou Sabo ^a   Mosher, Aryc W ^a,f   Hopkins, Donald R ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a,g  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Programme National de Sante Oculaire   (Niger)

^e Ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique   (Niger)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g International Trachoma Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Niger; Quality of life; Trichiasis; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INSOMNIA; INTEGRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSLIM; NIGER; PERCEPTION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWELLING; TRICHIASIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; TRICHIASIS; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925342765     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu054     Document Type: Article

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