Boriana K. Tchernookova, Ethan R. Naylor, 4 Robert Paul Malchow 5 6 1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 7 2 Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, USA 8 3 National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA 9 4 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 10 Chicago, IL, USA 11 12

From the Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore (T.Y.W.); the Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (T.Y.W.); and Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Eye Center, Hershey, PA (I.U.S.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Wong at the Singapore Eye Research Institute, Si...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of supplemental macular carotenoids (including versus not including meso-zeaxanthin) in combination with coantioxidants on visual function in patients with nonadvanced age-related macular degeneration. Methods In this study, 121 participants were randomly assigned to group 1 (Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 formulation with a low do...

background: along with the rapid growth of technology its related tools such as computer, monitors and video display terminals (vdts) grow as well. based on the studies, the most common complaint reported is of the vdt users. methods: this study attempts to design a proper tool to assess the visual fatigue of the vdt users. first draft of the questionnaire was prepared after a thorough study on...

The purpose of the study was to improve the visual functioning of people with restriction in contrast sensitivity (CS), such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), by means of a visual training program. Twenty-six volunteers with RP participated, distributed in two groups: 15 who made up the experimental group (who received the training program) and 11 who participated as a control group (without traini...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical findings and long-term outcome of patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC). MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective case series in 52 eyes of 36 patients with a follow-up period of at least 1 year. Extensive ophthalmic examination and a validated questionnaire concerning vision-related quality of life (National Eye Institute Visual ...

AIMS To investigate the association of demographic, clinical and psychosocial variables with levels of anxiety and depression in participants wearing an ocular prosthesis after eye enucleation. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 195 participants with an enucleated eye who were attending an ophthalmic clinic for prosthetic rehabilitation between July and November 2014. Demographic and...

Noncompliance with follow-up appointments has been demonstrated in numerous studies of Glaucoma and Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), and can lead to irreversible blindness. To better understand barriers to follow-up, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 119 Glaucoma patients attending Stanford Eye Center and 86 AMD patients at California VitreoRetinal Center between June and November...

OBJECTIVE We wished to determine the effectiveness of horizontal rectus tenotomy in changing the nystagmus of patients with congenital nystagmus and, secondarily, how their visual function changed. DESIGN This was a prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS Ten adult patients with varied associated sensory defects and oculographic subtypes of congenital nystagmus...

Aim. To examine subscale and total scores of NEI-VFQ questionnaire of type 2 diabetes patients at different diabetic retinopathy (DRP) stages. Methods. A total number of 201 patients have been included. Prior to ophthalmological examination all patients participated in the NEI-VFQ questionnaire. The patients were divided into 5 groups according to the International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy...