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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Optometry"”.
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Following Ocular Changes in United States Optometry Students (FOCUS): Protocol Development and Baseline Data
… study, Following Ocular Changes in United States Optometry Students (FOCUS), which aims to collect comprehensive ocular data over two years in a population of young adults that are known to engage in intense near work. Methods: First year optometry students at the University of Houston College of …
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The role of optometry in the delivery of eye health care in the European Union
The role of optometry in the delivery of eye healthcare in the UK is well recognised by the state and the British people. Optometry in Britain works very closely with medicine and is steadily moving forward as a profession complimentary to ophthalmology. However, with the exception of Ireland, the …
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Attitudes of health science students towards people with disabilities at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania
… Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Medical and Optometry students. Data was collected using the Attitudes Towards Disabled Persons Scale,consisting of 20 items rated on a six-point Likert Type Scale. A demographic questionnaire which included questions relating to the contact of the students …
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An Evidence-Based Investigation of the Content of Optometric Eye Examinations in the UK
… standards of clinical practice within optometry. Three main approaches have been used to evaluate the content of clinical consultations: abstraction of clinical records, clinical vignettes and unannounced standardised patients. The aim of this thesis was to obtain an objective insight …
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Visual dysfunction : a contributing factor in memory deficits, and therefore learning difficulties?
… O-m function is omitted in standard paediatric optometry tests, and in school vision screening. Eye exercises increase the range of binocular fields of vision by employing stereopsis glasses and red/green slides. Central vision loss was uncovered when students reported words, seen by only the …
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Clinician measurement of spectacle prescription changes and patient tolerance to them
… patient age. These are fundamental aspects of optometry, yet need to be more prominent in continuing professional development.
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Refractive management of patients undergoing cataract surgery. The development of pre and post-operative refractive management guidelines for patients undergoing cataract surgery in the UK
… and vary between practitioners and between optometry and ophthalmology. Advice was found to vary from driving “immediately” following surgery up to 6 weeks post-operatively. Re-analysis of (de Juan et al. 2013) data during our systematic review and meta-analysis found refraction to be stable …
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The audit of expert systems
… paper mill and the CITY UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF OPTOMETRY AND VISUAL SCIENCE which developed an Expert System for eye tests. Unfortunately the author was unable to test his proposed AESD model under a "live" development process due to lack of cooperation from organisations which the author …
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User accessibility to refractive error correction services in selected Zambian hospitals
… (70%). Fifteen facilities (75%) reported having Optometry Technologists as the main staff offering services. Only two facilities (10%) had an Ophthalmologist each and no facility had an Optometrist. School-based programmes were not carried out in all facilities. Only one (5%) facility was able to …
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A multidisciplinary intervention to reduce subsequent falls and health service use in older fallers who are not transported to hospital following ambulance care
… occupational therapy, geriatric assessment, optometry review and/ or medication management as appropriate. The control group received written fall prevention advice. Uptake and adherence, as well as benefits beyond fall prevention, were also assessed. Intention-to-treat analysis showed no …
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Screening for diabetes in optometric practice
… the feasibility of testing for diabetes in optometry practices and opens the door for another, PCT-based, study. This novel approach has never been tried before.
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Development and validation of an instrument to measure the concept of occupational intimacy in relation to physician job satisfaction
… gynecology, dermatology, allergy, ophthalmology, optometry, podiatry, psychiatry, emergency medicine, rehabilitation, pain, pediatrics, ears, nose and throat, infectious disease, and radiology. Broad generalizations are difficult to make as this study utilized results from one specific geographic …
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OPTIMISING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF DIABETIC EYECARE DELIVERY IN AUSTRALIA
… data from a nationwide record card review from optometry practices to establish the current levels of appropriateness and benchmarks of care. The second study combined a systematic quality appraisal of the evidence and a modified Delphi process to update and validate diabetic eyecare clinical …
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The correction of borderline refractive and heterophoric anomalies
… attending CET events during 2001 and to the UK Optometry E-mail discussion list. A wide variety of prescribing criteria were reported from the 37 respondents, and the presence of symptoms greatly influenced the decision to prescribe. Practitioners reported that their likelihood of prescribing …
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Do the Eyes tell the Truth? A Novel Approach to Monitoring Fatigue in Professional Basketball Players
The impact of fatigue on athlete health and performance is of significant interest to the sport science community. Traditional fatigue and recovery monitoring tools have limitations in terms of invasiveness, cost, and time-consuming nature. Therefore, there is a need for alternative, non-invasive …
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Structural and functional characteristics of meibomian glands in meibomian gland dysfunction
Aim: The thesis aims were to develop techniques to investigate novel aspects of meibomian gland (MG) morphology; to evaluate meibum composition and ocular surface signs and symptoms associated with morphological changes in the glands before and after treatment for Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). …
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Scientific evidence to support the art of prescribing spectacles. Identification of the clinical scenarios in which optometrists apply partial prescribing techniques and the quantification of spectacle adaption problems.
Although experiential prescribing maxims are quoted in some optometric textbooks their content varies significantly and no direct research evidence was available to support their use. Accordingly in chapters 2 and 3, the uses of several potential prescribing rules were investigated in the UK …
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Aligning Eye Care Provider Beliefs with Behaviors: Exploring and Improving Ocular Surface Disease Decision-making in a Cataract Surgery Clinic
<p>Millions of cataract surgeries are performed every year in the United States, yet both surgeon reports and patient reports indicate that practices are not utilizing the diagnostic tests and treatments that are advocated in the medical literature to identify and manage ocular surface disease …
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Image Processing of OCT Glaucoma Images and Information Theory Analysis
<p>Glaucoma is a group of optic nerve disease with progressive structural changes leading to loss of visual function. A careful examination and detection of changes in the optic nerve is the key to early diagnosis of glaucoma. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is one of the known techniques of …
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Assessment of Ocular Accommodation in Humans
Accommodation is the change in the dioptric power of the eye altering the focus from distance to near. Presbyopia is the loss of accommodative function that occurs with age. There are many techniques used to measure accommodation, however, there is little consensus as to how clinical data should be …
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