Assessment of the psychometric properties of the Chinese Impact of Vision Impairment questionnaire in a population-based study: findings from the Singapore Chinese Eye Study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 871-880

  Fenwick, Eva K ^a   Ong, Peng Guan ^b   Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^b,d   Rees, Gwyn ^a   Xie, Jing ^a   Holloway, Edith ^a   Cheng, Ching Yu ^b,c,d   Wong, Tien Y ^b,c,d   Lim, Blanche ^b   Tan, Pok Chien ^b   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese impact of vision impairment questionnaire; Population based; Rasch analysis; Reliability; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHINESE IMPACT OF VISION IMPAIRMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; READING; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARDS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84944707402     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1141-1     Document Type: Article

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