Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument.

Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument.

The WHOQOL instrument was adapted as a health-related QOL instrument for a population-based epidemiologic study of eye diseases in southern India, the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS). A follow-up question was added to each item in WHOQOL to determine whether the decrease in QOL was due to a...

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Main Authors: Dandona Lalit, McCarty Catherine, Rao Gullapalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2000-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Comparative Study
Eye Diseases
epidemiology
psychology
Female
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Incidence
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2000;volume=48;issue=1;spage=65;epage=70;aulast=Dandona

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