Reading aids for adults with low vision

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Acosta, Ruthy ^b   Bentley, Sharon A ^c   Giacomelli, Giovanni ^a   Allcock, Claire ^d   Evans, Jennifer R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Growth in Health Research   (Spain)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d Discourse and Rhetoric Group   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BRAILLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAZE; HUMAN; LOW VISION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COMPLICATION; LENS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; SENSORY AID; SPECTACLES; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; LENSES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; READING; SENSORY AIDS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 85045557232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003303.pub4     Document Type: Review

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