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Multifocal and pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials vs. automated perimetry frequency-doubling technology matrix in optic neuritis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Background: To compare the usefulness of the traditional pattern-reversal Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) with multifocal VEP (mfVEP) and Frequency-Doubling Technology (FDT) perimetry in the evaluation of the ocular abnormalities induced by acute or ...
Marcella Nebbioso, Robert D Steigerwalt, Josè Pecori-Giraldi, Enzo M Vingolo   +3 more
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Integrated model of primary and secondary eye care for underserved rural areas: The L V Prasad Eye Institute experience

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Blindness is a major global public health problem and recent estimates from World Health Organization (WHO) showed that in India there were 62 million visually impaired, of whom 8 million are blind. The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS) provided a
Gullapalli N Rao, Rohit C Khanna, Sashi Mohan Athota, Varda Rajshekar, Padmaja Kumari Rani   +4 more
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Eye donation from palliative and hospice care contexts: the EDiPPPP mixed-methods study

Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 2023
Background Over 2 million people in the United Kingdom are living with sight loss with costs to the United Kingdom economy reported as £4.34 billion annually.
Tracy Long-Sutehall, Mike Bracher, Sarah Mollart, Jane Wale   +3 more
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The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of second-eye cataract surgery: a systematic review and economic evaluation [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Elective cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the NHS. In bilateral cataracts, the eye with greatest vision impairment from cataract is operated on first.
Jonathan Shepherd, Frampton, Geoff, Geoff Frampton, Petra Harris, Harris, Petra, Andrew Lotery, Keith Cooper, Cooper, Keith, Shepherd, Jonathan, Lotery, Andrew J.   +9 more
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The Connecticut Office of Health Care Access 2004 Small Employer Health Insurance Survey-focus on results /

, 2004
Title from caption.; "Planning tomorrow's health care system today."; "November 2004."; Updates: Employer-sponsored health insurance / Office of Health Care Access. Hartford, CT : Office of Health Care Access, [2001]

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Formative research for the development of an Eye Health Strategic Planning and Evaluation Framework and a Checklist: A health systems approach

, 2019
This formative research process aimed to develop an Eye Health Strategic Planning and Evaluation Framework and indicator Checklist. The research process utilized a multi‐phased multiple methods approach including literature review, initial expert review (
Ormsby, Gail M., Gail M. Ormsby, Ormsby, Gail   +2 more
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Ophthalmic clinical officers: developments in Uganda

Community Eye Health Journal, 2014
In the rural areas, OCOs refer patients with complicated clinical problems to ophthalmologists and those requiring complicated refractions are referred to optometrists.
Godfrey Kaggwa
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Ocular morbidity and health seeking behaviour in Kwara state, Nigeria: implications for delivery of eye care services. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
There is currently limited information as to which conditions are most prevalent in communities in developing countries. This makes effective planning of eye services difficult.3,899 eligible individuals were recruited and examined in a cross-sectional ...
Laura Senyonjo, Robert Lindfield, Abdulraheem Mahmoud, Kahaki Kimani, Safiya Sanda, Elena Schmidt   +5 more
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Developing a model to reduce blindness in India: The international centre for advancement of rural eye care

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998
With the continuing high magnitude of blindness in India, fresh approaches are needed to effectively deal with this burden on society. The International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care (ICARE) has been established at the L.V.
Dandona Lalit, Dandona Rakhi, Shamanna B, Naduvilath Thomas, Rao Gullapalli   +4 more
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The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness survey: Review of the methodology and protocol for the seventh version (RAAB7) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research
The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) is a population-based cross-sectional survey methodology used to collect data on the prevalence of vision impairment and its causes and eye care service indicators among the population 50 years and older.
Hannah Chroston, Hans Limburg, Robert Butcher, Ian McCormick, Islay Mactaggart, Jacqueline Ramke, Andrew Bastawrous, Nigel M Bolster, Matthew J Burton   +8 more
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