H Kuper, S Polack, C Eusebio, W Mathenge, Z … - PLoS Med, 2008 - medicine.plosjournals.org A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during
2005–2006. Cases were persons aged 50 y or older and visually impaired due to
cataract (visual acuity < 6/24 in the better eye). Controls were persons ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - Cached - All 12 versions
ALJF Schemann - Springer Abstract: Although blindness and low vision affects only indirectly the length
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S Polack - Community Eye Health, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov The fundamental aim of most ophthalmic interventions in later life is to improve
the quality of patients' lives, whether through sight-restoring cataract surgery
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S Polack, H Kuper, Z Wadud, A Fletcher, A … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com Aims: To evaluate a vision-related quality of life (QOL) scale (World Health
Organization Prevention of Blindness and Deafness Visual Function 20—WHO/PBD
VF20) and explore the impact of cataract visual impairment on vision- and ... Related articles - All 4 versions
J Maki, S Kusakul, K Morley, T Sanguansak, J … - British Medical Journal, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com Results: 315 patients enrolled in the study; 113 patients had complete
WHO/PBD-VFQ and visual acuity data from all three administrations. The mean
preoperative visual acuity in the surgical eye was 20/327. Following ... Related articles - All 4 versions
S Polack, H Kuper, C Eusebio, W Mathenge, Z … - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2008 - informahealthcare.com Purpose: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world, and is
particularly common in low-income countries. Cataract is asserted to increase
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