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Barriers to the Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus Among Optometrists in Kenya

Clinical Optometry
Zahra Aly Rashid,1 Vanessa Raquel Moodley,1 Khathutshelo Percy Mashige,1 Kingsley Emwinyore Agho2– 4 1Discipline of Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; 2African Vision Research Institute, University of
Rashid ZA, Moodley VR, Mashige KP, Agho KE   +3 more
doaj  

Communication training in healthcare education: Implications for undergraduate optometry programmes – A narrative review

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Effective communication is a core component of quality healthcare, influencing patient satisfaction, treatment adherence and health outcomes.
Elene Kruger, Mathys J. Labuschagne, Elzana Kempen   +2 more
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Impact of LED exposure on contrast sensitivity and protective efficacy of blue-blocking lenses [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology
AIM: To measure the contrast sensitivity (CS) using computer-based Chart2020 software pre- and post-white light exposure with and without blue-blocking lenses (BBLs).
Dolvin Monterio, Elizebeth Olive Akansha Manoj Kumar, Mousumi Ghosh, Radhika Poojary, Judy Jose, Judith Shefali Jathanna, Manasa Bhandarkar, Nagarajan Theruveethi   +7 more
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Usher syndrome‐related visual impairment in Finland: A 35‐year nationwide register‐based study (1985–2019)

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To investigate visual impairment (VI) associated with Usher syndrome (USH), a syndromic form of retinitis pigmentosa. Methods This register‐based study used data from the Register of the Finnish Federation for Visual Impairment for persons registered with USH‐related VI from 1985 to 2019.
Rasha Sameer Moustafa, Paula Mosallaei, Petri Purola, Laura Impiö, Mika Gissler, Hannu Uusitalo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Confident but undertrained: South African optometrists’ reflections on communication training

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Effective communication is central to optometric care; however, structured training in delivering complex or emotionally sensitive information remains limited within undergraduate optometry programmes, particularly in comparison with other ...
Elene Kruger, Mathys J. Labuschagne, Elzana Kempen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of topical macrolides versus systemic tetracyclines for meibomian gland dysfunction–a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To review the efficacy and safety of oral doxycycline antibiotics versus topical macrolides in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). Design Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Methods A comprehensive search of PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and ClinicalTrials.gov through December 2024 identified randomised controlled trials ...
Margarita Safir, Clara C. Chan, Joshua C. Teichman, Itamar Arbel, Ruth Lapid‐Gortzak, Camiel J. F. Boon, Michael Mimouni, Dror Ben Ephraim Noyman   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing South African optometry students in choosing their career and institution of learning

African Vision and Eye Health, 2011
Thechoice of an appropriate career, occupation or profession is one of the most important decisions hat one makes in life and there are many factors which may influence such a decision.
K. P. Mashige, O. A. Oduntan
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Macular telangiectasia type 2 genetic risk variants associated with clinical characteristics in the Slovenian cohort

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Early diagnosis of macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) remains challenging, and the contribution of genetic variation to its clinical heterogeneity is unclear. This study investigated associations between MacTel risk variants and clinical characteristics in a Slovenian cohort.
Ajda Kunčič, Nataša Debeljak, Petra Hudler, Janez Smerkolj, Mojca Urbančič   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optometry Newsletter: No 1. 2000 [PDF]

, 2000
It has been well documented that the status of eye hea lth of the indigenous population is still significantly lower than that of the wider Australian population.
Queensland University of Technology, School of Optometry   +1 more
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Role of optometry school in single day large scale school vision testing

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015
Background: School vision testing aims at identification and management of refractive errors. Large-scale school vision testing using conventional methods is time-consuming and demands a lot of chair time from the eye care professionals.
N Anuradha, Krishnakumar Ramani
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