Quality of life in glaucoma patients: Regression analysis and correlation with possible modifiers

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-270

  Magacho, Leopoldo ^a,b,c   Lima, Francisco E ^a   Nery, Ana Carla S ^a   Sagawa, Antônio ^a   Magacho, Bernardo ^a   Ávila, Marcos P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Brazil; Glaucoma; Health surveys; Prospective studies; Quality of life; Questionnaire study, VFQ; Visual acuity; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 9644274075     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580490515251     Document Type: Article

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