Cost-effectiveness of orthoptic-delivered screening versus school nurse screening
3 October 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Child vision screening, amblyopia, cost, effectiveness, orthoptist
The authors describe a long-term audit of outcomes and costs associated with referrals from two established neighbouring school-entry vision screening services in the UK over one academic year with one adhering to national UK screening guidelines more closely than the...
Screening for visual processing deficits in dementia
5 April 2022
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Dementia, cognitive impairment, screening test, visual deficits, visuospatial
The Queen Square Screening test for Visual Deficits (QS test) screens for changes in visual processing. It has never been formally validated as a single test. The test consists of a short booklet developed using remnant object and spatial perception...
Screening and adherence to glaucoma care in Enugu, Nigeria
2 December 2019
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Follow up, adherence, eye screening, glaucoma care
The authors present the findings of a cross-sectional survey of participants diagnosed with glaucoma during free eye screening. A total of 830 participants were screened from two outreaches:182 new glaucoma cases were diagnosed (63 glaucoma and 119 glaucoma suspects). There...
Amblyopia prevalence in Bulgaria
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Amblyopia, bulgaria, prevalence, vision screening
The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of amblyopia in children aged 4 to 10 years in Bulgaria. This cross-section epidemiology study had proportional stratified sample methods across five cities in Western Bulgaria. Of 1675 children, 42...
Comparison of vision screening programmes
1 December 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Amblyopia treatment, orthoptists, vision screening/diagnosis
The purpose was to examine the treatment that children underwent as a result of being identified with reduced vision at school screening. The level of improvement in vision was identified and the time taken to achieve maximum visual acuity. There...
Screening accuracy
1 December 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Amblyopia, orthoptic examination, strabismus, vision screening, visual acuity
In this study the authors observed whether and how well orthoptic tests are performed by non-orthoptists in a screening setting. They assessed the quality of screening tests by semi-structured observations of youth health care (YHC) physicians who screened children aged...
International orthoptics for stroke
1 June 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Assessment, information, management, screening, stroke, survey, visual impairment
The purpose of this study was to consider the practice of orthoptists internationally in care provision for post stroke visual impairment through an international survey. An online survey of 30 questions was circulated via the International Orthoptic Association and completed...
Comparison of treatment for hemianopia following stroke
1 August 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Fresnel prisms, homonymous hemianopia, randomised controlled trial, recruitment, screening, stroke, visual search
The authors report the screening process and recruitment figures for a randomised controlled trial comparing interventions for post stroke homonymous hemianopia. Interventions included Fresnel prisms, visual search training and standard care (information only). Primary outcome measure was the change in...
Automated Bruckner device accuracy
1 June 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Eye movements, retinal imaging, strabismus, strabismus screening
The authors developed a Bruckner device, examined volunteers and determined the relation between the luminance of the red fundus reflex and eye rotation. Eye rotation was varied continuously both horizontally (-7 to 8 degrees) and vertically (five degree total range)...
