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Home testing versus in-person visual acuity test results
4 October 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This retrospective review compared visual acuity findings by parents / carers during telehealth consultations compared with their subsequent in-person tests. Parents were given an information pack with testing instructions for home tests. The study included 43 patients (86 eyes) with...
More sensitive visual acuity test for age-related macular degeneration
1 October 2016
| Roger S Anderson (Prof), Nilpa Shah
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world. Primarily associated with ageing, genetic factors and lifestyle choices such as smoking also play a contributory role. Patients with early AMD, characterised by the development of...
Comparison of two visual acuity test versions for different distances in a paediatric population
4 August 2021
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors present the findings of a study which aimed to determine whether using 2 metre and 4 metre retro-illuminated ETDRS charts are comparable in children. Order of testing was standardised (right eye, left eye, binocular), however different charts were...
Children’s visual acuity test without professional supervision
3 April 2024
| Ivan Yip
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
With increasing outpatient demand there has been an innovative shift to involve patients managing their own condition. This article compares visual testing carried out by an orthoptist with usual clinical methods, an orthoptist using the iSIGHT Test Pro and a...
Testing near or distance visual acuity for change during amblyopia therapy
31 May 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
In this study, the authors aimed to determine if any differences occurred between near and distance visual acuity (VA) in a cohort of childhood untreated amblyopia. They recruited 54 patients with mean age 4.9 years, SD 0.44. Mean VA in...
Visual acuity outcomes in Coat’s disease by classification stage
5 October 2020
| Jonathan Chan
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This is a retrospective study of 160 consecutive patients with Coat’s disease under the Shields classification, with Snellen visual acuity (VA) pre and post treatment. Affected eyes were categorised based on the Shields classification: Stage 1: retinal telangiectasia onlyStage 2a:...
How to examine the visual system Part 1: visual acuity, visual fields and eye movements
1 June 2014
| Emma Linton, Apostolos Fotakakis
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Asking candidates to perform an examination of the visual system, either as part of a full cranial nerve exam or as an individual entity, is a common station in practical examinations during medical school. It is important to practise for...
Visual acuity outcomes after cataract surgery in type 2 diabetes (NIDDM): the action to control cardiovascular risk in diabetes (ACCORD) study
This is a retrospective case-control study of 1136 eyes enrolled in the 784 ACCORD patients receiving cataract surgery between 2001-2014. 362 / 1136 eyes had gradable fundus photography for diabetic retinopathy (DR). Seven hundred and sixty-two eyes (67.1%) achieved 20...IOL cataract surgery in seven to 24 month olds
1 April 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to present the long-term outcome of IOLs in paediatric patients who received cataract surgery aged seven to <24 months. This was retrospective study with minimum follow-up of 12 months for 27 patients (28 eyes)....
TAC testing in dementia
1 April 2014
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The aim was to assess the visual acuity measurements performed by the preferential looking method using Teller acuity cards (TAC) in elderly subjects with dementia due to probable Alzheimer’s disease. The mean age was 78.2±9.11 years for patients and 77.2±6.19...
Microtropia as an amblyopia indicator
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Amblyopia, anisometropia, microtropia, occlusion
This study was undertaken to determine if microtropia with identity (straight eye anisometropia) is a reliable indicator of amblyopia following optical correction. This was a retrospective review of 532 children aged four to five years. After two months of glasses...
Albinism and later life visual development
1 October 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study aimed to evaluate whether best corrected visual acuity changed significantly in the second decade of life in those with albinism and the impact of extraocular muscle surgery and type of albinism on change in acuity during the second...