[PDF][PDF] Overview of quality of life research in older people with visual impairment

C Wang, CLW Chan, I Chi - Advances in Aging Research, 2014 - hub.hku.hk
During the past two decades, a number of studies have investigated the health-related
quality of life (HRQOL) of older people with visual impairment, but the information is …

Outcomes of a new diffractive trifocal intraocular lens

P Mojzis, P Peña-García, I Liehneova, P Ziak… - Journal of Cataract & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate refractive and visual parameters related to distance, intermediate, and
near vision after cataract surgery and the optical quality of a new diffractive trifocal …

[HTML][HTML] Current management of presbyopia

PA Papadopoulos… - Middle East African journal …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Presbyopia is a physiologic inevitability that causes gradual loss of accommodation during
the fifth decade of life. The correction of presbyopia and the restoration of accommodation …

[HTML][HTML] Applying perceptual learning to achieve practical changes in vision

J Deveau, AR Seitz - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Research of visual perceptual learning has illuminated the flexibility of processing in the
visual system and provides insights into therapeutic approaches to remediating some …

[HTML][HTML] Poverty and eye health

J Jaggernath, L Øverland, P Ramson, V Kovai… - Health, 2014 - scirp.org
Poverty and eye health, including vision disability from vision impairment and blindness, are
believed to be interrelated. The relationship between poverty and eye health can be …

From unseen to seen: tackling the global burden of uncorrected refractive errors

NJ Durr, SR Dave, E Lage, S Marcos… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Worldwide, more than one billion people suffer from poor vision because they do not have
the eyeglasses they need. Their uncorrected refractive errors are a major cause of global …

Age-related prevalence and met need for correctable and uncorrectable near vision impairment in a multi-country study

M He, A Abdou, LB Ellwein, KS Naidoo, YD Sapkota… - Ophthalmology, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To estimate the prevalence, potential determinants, and proportion of met need for
near vision impairment (NVI) correctable with refraction approximately 2 years after initial …

Prevalence of spectacles use in A ndhra P radesh, I ndia: R apid A ssessment of V isual I mpairment project

S Marmamula, RC Khanna, S Narsaiah… - Clinical & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background To assess the prevalence and patterns of spectacles use in S outh I ndia state
of A ndhra P radesh. Design A population‐based cross sectional study. Participants Seven …

[HTML][HTML] Presbyopia: a pilot investigation of the barriers and benefits of near visual acuity correction among a rural Filipino population

TJ Wubben, CM Guerrero, M Salum, GS Wolfe… - BMC …, 2014 - Springer
Background Presbyopia is the age-related decline in accommodation that diminishes the
ability of the eye to focus on near objects. Presbyopia is common and easy to correct; …

Prevalence of presbyopia in a rural African community

JN Uche, IR Ezegwui, E Uche… - Rural and remote …, 2014 - search.informit.org
When presbyopia (loss of accommodation of the crystalline lens with increasing age) sets in,
doing near work becomes associated with headache and eye strain. Reading and writing …