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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"eye care"”.
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Improving Appointment Keeping at an Eye Care Clinic Using a Revised Process Package
… by patients are a major problem for health care professionals. To combat this issue, some optometrists use a pre-appointing system in which patients are scheduled for an annual exam a year after their initial visit. Prior to that subsequent appointment, clinic staff often try to contact the …
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A strategic management framework for eye care service delivery organisations in developing countries.
… blindness will continue. In recent years, eye care service delivery organisations have assumed a greater level of responsibility for addressing the problem of avoidable blindness. A number of successful approaches have been designed and implemented to expand the delivery of eye care …
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Determinants of seeking eye care services among Grade 8 to 12 learners in Giyani, South Africa
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Knowledge and practices of primary eye care among non-ophthalmic nurses working in Kweneng East District Clinics, Botswana.
Background: Primary eye care (PEC) is important in preventing and managing eye conditions, particularly in rural areas where access to specialized care is limited. Aim and Setting: The study aim was to assess the primary eye care knowledge and practices of non-ophthalmic nurses in Kweneng East …
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Referrals from Primary Eye Care: An Investigation into their quality, levels of false positives and psychological effect on patients.
… that a large number of referrals to the Hospital Eye Service are false positive. Research in areas of healthcare other than ophthalmology has shown that psychological distress can be caused by false positive referrals. The present study aimed to evaluate the quality of referrals to the HES for all …
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Aligning Eye Care Provider Beliefs with Behaviors: Exploring and Improving Ocular Surface Disease Decision-making in a Cataract Surgery Clinic
… disease. Specifically, I had the impression that eye care providers held strongly to the belief that ocular surface disease should be managed preoperatively, yet this belief was not reflected in their behavior. The overall aim of this dissertation is to ascertain the validity of my unscientific …
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Assessing the Knowledge and Practices regarding eye care and complications of Diabetes among Diabetic Patients 18 years and older, attending a tertiary Diabetic Clinic in Kampala, Uganda
… to audit the knowledge and practices regarding eye care and eye complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) among diabetic patients 18 years and above in Kampala, Uganda. Methods. A cross-sectional study was done to collect data on the demographics, level of awareness and practices of the 409 …
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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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Visual Function in New Zealand Children: from Preschool to Primary School
… techniques were used to complete comprehensive eye examinations, along with assessment of reading ability and eye movement. The current preschool vision screening programme achieved high overall coverage and testability. However, a lower proportion of Māori and Pacific children and those living …
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Exploring Routine Sight Testing And The Management Of Eye Disease By Primary Care Optometrists In England, UK
… (9%). The study examining the need for a Minor Eye Condition Service in Leeds and Bradford found it would produce theoretical cost savings, whilst maintaining high patient satisfaction. Subsequently, a MECS was commissioned in Bradford. The study attempting to collect data from MECS across all …
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Development of Multi-modal and Super-resolved Retinal Imaging Systems
… have drastically improved the quality of eye care in the past couple decades. Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) are two examples of critical imaging modalities for the diagnosis of retinal pathologies. However current-generation SLO and OCT systems …
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Health technology assessment of online eLearning for post-registration health professionals’ education
… blended learning, among post-registration healthcare professionals. Methods: This HTA comprised three studies. The first study was a systematic review of 93 randomised controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of online and LAN-based eLearning on physicians' knowledge, skills, attitude and …
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Exploring public health intervention strategies to address barriers and challenges in the prevention of avoidable blindness due to glaucoma in Anambra State, Nigeria
… the need for countries to address the issue of eye health with increased effort. However, due to scarcity of both human and material resources in Nigeria and many other developing countries health care is often marginalised; especially eye health. This contributes to the rise in prevalence of …
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The effect of intensive care nursing interventions on the intracranial pressure in children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
… and manual ventilation (ETSMV), log-rolling, eye care, mouth care and washing - on the intracranial pressure (ICP) in children with traumatic brain injury. Design Prospective observational study over three years. Setting Single tertiary paediatric intensive care unit in the North West of …
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Outreach cataract surgery services: how good are their outcomes?
… and a combination of the two. The Aravind Eye Care System in India, performing over 250 0000 cataract surgeries annually, exclusively utilizes the “reach in” approach. In neighbouring Nepal, with its large rural population residing in mountainous areas, outreach services still play an …
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“The graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Community Eye Health: how do they manage?”
The Postgraduate Diploma in Community Eye Health (PgDCEH) has been offered at the University of Cape Town, South Africa since 2009 to develop management capacity in support of the delivery of effective and efficient eye care services in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated how graduates applied the …
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Evaluation of trichiasis surgeons' performance in selected trachoma endemic African countries
… surgeons and 193 (34.4%) had an audit. Dedicated eye care workers were more likely to have an audit (p<0.001) compared to general health workers. Among audited surgeons, 29 (15%) failed and were recommended for re-training. Surgeons using posterior lamellar tarsal rotation (PLTR) surgery (59.8%) …
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Key informants for peadiatric eye disease case finding in Madagascar
… between 2 -8 per 10,000 children. Childhood eye disease is rare and conditions are difficult to detect; thus, surveys to estimate the prevalence of blindness requires rigorous, costly and difficult methods to obtain reasonable estimates among children. Key informant programs, which engage the …
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Making decisions about the future of health systems
… support from the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) in eye care services in the Brong Ahaforegion, Ghana.Methods: Between July 2008 and January 2010, multiple case study approaches were appliedto measure the sustainability of activities, identify the main shocks affecting health systems,and analyse the …
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A national assessment of the salaries and working conditions of agricultural education teachers in the United States, 1990-1991
… receiving fully paid major medical insurance, eye care (13.1%), dental care (20.5%), and life insurance (35.3%). Production agriculture and agricultural mechanics remain the predominant subjects taught by agricultural education teachers. However, a majority of agricultural education teachers …
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