Health burden associated with visual impairment in Singapore: the Singapore epidemiology of eye disease study

Wang X 1 , Lamoureux E 2 , Zheng Y 3 , Ang M 4 , Wong TY 5 , Luo N 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • 2 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Republic of Singapore; Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Duke-NUS, Graduate Medical School, Republic of Singapore
  • 3 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Republic of Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • 4 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Republic of Singapore
  • 5 Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Republic of Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • 6 Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Electronic address: nan_luo@nuhs.edu.sg
Ophthalmology, 2014 Sep;121(9):1837-42.
PMID: 24768238 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.03.017

Abstract

To assess the impact of visual impairment (VI) on health-related quality of life and to compare the health burden of VI and other health conditions in Singapore.

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