دورية أكاديمية
Practitioners’ opinions on the presentation of ocular pathology and ametropia in patients wearing ready-made reading spectacles
العنوان: | Practitioners’ opinions on the presentation of ocular pathology and ametropia in patients wearing ready-made reading spectacles |
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المؤلفون: | K. C. Phillips, P. C. Clarke-Farr |
المصدر: | African Vision and Eye Health, Vol 67, Iss 3, Pp 125-135 (2008) |
بيانات النشر: | AOSIS, 2008. |
سنة النشر: | 2008 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Ophthalmology |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Ametropia, anisometropia, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, hypertensive retinopathy, ocular pathology, presbyopia, ready-made readers., Ophthalmology, RE1-994 |
الوصف: | This paper presents the findings of a study to determine optometrists’ opinions on the presentation of ocular pathology and ametropia in patients wearing ready-made reading spectacles. Ninety-seven optometrists completed a questionnaire pertaining to ametropia and ocular diseases among these patients. The questionnaire contained information regarding patient demographics, ocular pathology, ocular ametropia and the regulatory and public health aspects of ready-made readers.Ninety-five percent of respondents stated that they had seen patients with ready-made readers in their practice and 62% of these stated that they had found the presence of ocular pathology in these patients. The pathologies most commonly reported as seen by practitioners were dry eye (86% of practitioners), cataracts (80%) and diabetic retinopathy (54%). In addition, 39% of practitioners reported seeing patients with anisometropia. The majority of practitioners (71%) stated that they sold ready-made readers in their practice. Sixty-three percentof practitioners indicated that they would be prepared to offer a service whereby a reduced consultation fee and a pair of ready-made readers could be incorporated into an indigent “package”. An overwhelming 88% of the practitioners felt that the sale of ready-made readers should be more regulated and 74% of practitioners felt that the Professional Board for Optometry and Dispensing Opticians should be responsible for monitoring their sale. The research suggests that wearers of ready-made readers should be screened for ocular pathology, reduced visual acuity and amblyopia. Current regulations should be tightened and a public awareness education campaign should be initiated. The use of ready-made reading spectacles, in deference to an eye examination by an optometrist, appears to be largely as a result of the perceived costs of pri- vate practice combined with ignorance and apathy |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2413-3183 2410-1516 |
العلاقة: | https://avehjournal.org/index.php/aveh/article/view/191Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2413-3183Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2410-1516Test |
DOI: | 10.4102/aveh.v67i3.191 |
الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/24cdaa69175d4921a38f8353fce56cd5Test |
رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.24cdaa69175d4921a38f8353fce56cd5 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 24133183 24101516 |
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DOI: | 10.4102/aveh.v67i3.191 |