Assessment of vision-related quality of life among patients with cataracts and the outcomes of cataract surgery using a newly developed visual function questionnaire: the VFQ-J11

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 415-422

  Hiratsuka, Yoshimune ^a   Yamada, Masakazu ^b,c   Akune, Yoko ^c   Murakami, Akira ^d   Okada, Annabelle A ^b   Yamashita, Hidetoshi ^e   Ohashi, Yuichi ^f   Yamagishi, Naoya ^g   Tamura, Hiroshi ^h   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^h   Takura, Tomoyuki ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Yamagishi Ganka   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; VFQ 25; VFQ J11; Vision related quality of life; Visual function questionnaire; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VERY ELDERLY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84925883792     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-014-0335-3     Document Type: Article

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