A Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Patients Who Undergo Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery.

Purpose: To develop a patient-reported outcome measure to assess the impact of glaucoma and treatment, including minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS).

Design: Observational study before and after concomitant cataract and Food and Drug Administration-approved implantable MIGS device surgery.

Setting: Survey administration was on a computer, iPad, or similar device.

Telemedicine in long-term care of glaucoma patients.

Introduction: This manuscript describes data from an original study, simulating a tele-glaucoma programme in an established clinic practice with an interdisciplinary team. This is a ‘real life’ trial of a telemedicine approach to see a follow-up patient. The goal is to evaluate the accuracy of such a programme to detect worsening and/or unstable disease.

Provider Agreement in the Assessment of Glaucoma Progression Within a Team Model.

Purpose: Glaucoma specialists and optometrists who work in a team model at a single institution utilize a common definition of glaucoma progression and treatment algorithm. The purpose of this study was to assess the consistency of agreement in identifying glaucoma progression among glaucoma specialists and optometrists of 1 team.

Methods: In total, 399 eyes of 200 patients age 18 or older with glaucoma were enrolled over 2 years.

Inter-Rater Agreement in the Assessment of Video Recordings of Eye Drop Instillation by Glaucoma Patients.

Purpose: To create a standardized method for evaluating the video recordings of patients self-instilling eye drops and to determine the level of agreement of eye drop instillation efficacy, safety and efficiency ratings by three masked graders.

Design: Prospective cross-sectional study.

Participants: 78 patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension who had at least 6 months of experience with the use of eye drop medications.

Do co-morbidities and cognition impact functional change and discharge needs in Parkinson disease?

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of cognition, baseline motor function, and co-morbid medical conditions on functional change, discharge destination, and discharge needs in patients admitted to acute rehabilitation for Parkinson-related impairments.

Design: This retrospective chart review study evaluated the records of patients admitted to acute rehabilitation over a 5-yr period with a primary impairment category of parkinsonism. Functional status was measured at admission and discharge; 3-mo follow-up function was also collected in a sample of discharged patients.

Involvement of ApoE E4 and H63D in sporadic Alzheimer's disease in a folate-supplemented Ontario population.

Dysregulation of iron homeostasis is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this pilot study, common variants of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) and HFE genes resulting in the iron overload disorder of hereditary hemochromatosis (C282Y, H63D and S65C) were evaluated as factors in sporadic AD in an Ontario sample in which folic acid fortification has been mandatory since 1998. Laboratory studies also were done to search for genetic effects on blood markers of iron status, red cell folates and serum B12.