Land of the Long White Cloud: The Spectrum of Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Center in New Zealand.

Purpose: To investigate the patterns of uveitis at a tertiary referral center in New Zealand.

Methods: Retrospective data were collected for 1260 patients presenting to uveitis clinics in Auckland, New Zealand, between January 2008 and April 2014. Demographics, disease characteristics, and uveitis subtype were analyzed for all patients.

The impact of a glaucoma nurse specialist role on glaucoma waiting lists.

Over the last two decades there has been an increasing demand on health care services. This has led to increased waiting lists and waiting times to access public hospital services. In ophthalmic practice an aging population and technological advances have been major contributors to this situation.

What do people with glaucoma know about their condition? A comparative cross-sectional incidence and prevalence survey.

Purpose: To assess and compare glaucoma knowledge between patients with established glaucoma, newly diagnosed glaucoma and the general population.

Methods: 208 glaucoma patients, 100 newly diagnosed glaucoma patients from three clinical centres and 100 controls from non-ophthalmology outpatient clinics, were recruited and completed a validated self-administered true/false questionnaire assessing glaucoma knowledge. Demographic data were also recorded.