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Jan 1, 2006
To assess the impact of unilateral and bilateral VI and its severity on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Latinos 40 years and older.
Jan 1, 2003
These results provide evidence supporting the validity of the RAND-UCLA method to assess the appropriateness of surgery.
Describe patterns of care for POAG and assess conformance with the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP).
Many eye care patients prefer to be treated by specialists with expertise in their conditions.
Evaluates the associations of presbyopia and its correction, particularly monovision optical correction, with vision-targeted health-related quality of life.
The NEI-RQL is responsive to changes in vision-targeted health-related quality of life resulting from keratorefractive surgery.
These results support the reliability and construct validity of the NEI-RQL.
Develop a questionnaire with content validity to compare the impact of different correction modes in vision-targeted, health-related quality of life.
To better inform study design decisions when sampling patients within health plans and physician practices with multiple analysis goals.
Jan 1, 2001
The reliability and validity of the NEI VFQ-25 are comparable to those of the 51-item NEI VFQ field test version of the survey.
Jan 1, 1999
Visual and hearing impairment appear to have a significant relationship to overall functioning in the oldest old.
Jan 1, 1998
Relationship between visual function impairment in patients had extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation
