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...
Main Authors: | Dandona Lalit, McCarty Catherine, Rao Gullapalli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2000-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
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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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