Optical aids for low vision: use of the Internet to guide teachers of the visually impaired.

Purposes: To describe and interpret teachers' opinions about and responsiveness to guidance on optical aids for low vision.

Methods: It was conducted a cross-sectional analytical study. The convenience, non-random sample consisted of 58 teachers from the public school network of the city of Campinas.

[Cataract surgery: characteristics and opinions of patients with monocular versus binocular vision].

Purpose: To verify in two groups of patients: monocular (group 1) and binocular vision (group 2) to be submitted to cataract surgery at an University Hospital, opinions, expectances and emotional reactions related to the ocular problem, to the quality of vision and to cataract surgery.

Methods: A transversal comparative and consecutive study was performed using a structured questionnaire applied by patients interview. The questionnaire was elaborated from a previous exploratory study; visual acuity and cause of the visual loss were evaluated.

[Scientific report in ophthalmology--the use of Greek and Latin words].

Scientific research in ophthalmology is a dynamic process usually delivered by means of written reports. Greek and Latin words are commonly used in scientific writing. This paper points out some issues related to the clarity, objectivity and precision of writing and offers a short glossary of terms from Greek and Latin languages which are commonly used in scientific writing.

Perception of difficulties with vision-related activities of daily living among patients undergoing unilateral posterior capsulotomy.

Objectives: To assess the influence of Nd:YAG (neodymium: yttrium-aluminum- garnet) laser unilateral posterior capsulotomy on visual acuity and patients' perception of difficulties with vision-related activities of daily life.

Methods: We conducted an interventional survey that included 48 patients between 40 and 80 years of age with uni- or bilateral pseudophakia, posterior capsule opacification, and visual acuity View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Self-medication: initial treatments used by patients seen in an ophthalmologic emergency room.

Objective: This study seeks to identify practices of self-medication in the treatment of ocular emergencies. We examine patients' use of both homemade preparations and manufactured products before seeking specialized care.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analytic survey of consecutive patients seen in the ophthalmology emergency room of a teaching hospital.

[Relationship between high-order aberrations and age and between high-order aberrations and refraction errors].

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between high-order aberrations and refractive errors, and between high-order aberrations and age.

Methods: An analytic retrospective study of patients that underwent aberrometry examination was conducted. All subjects examined with LadarWave aberrometer at the Hospital de Olhos do Paraná from April 2004 to April 2005 were included in this study.

Assessment of visual health campaign activities at schools: teachers' perception.

Purpose: 1) To assess the opinion of teachers involved in visual screening of school-age children and their referral to ophthalmologic examination within the "Eye-to-Eye National Campaign for Visual Disorders Prevention and Rehabilitation" (Campanha Nacional de Prevenção e Reabilitação Visual Olho no Olho); 2) To identify the teachers' perception with respect to the training received for conducting the campaign.

Methods: A descriptive study has been conducted, based on data recorded from the application of a questionnaire to 1,517 elementary school teachers working in public schools in 27 Brazilian states. The following items were examined: received orientation, use of educational videos and handbooks, supplied explanations, difficulties, questions and overall campaign assessment.

Patterns of detection and optical correction among ophthalmologists.

Objective: To verify age of first ophthalmic evaluation and optical prescription along with present optical correction among ophthalmologists of different age groups.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a nonprobabilistic sample (n = 578) of ophthalmologists and resident physicians using a self-administered questionnaire.

Results: The first ophthalmologic exam was undergone before age 7 for 33.

Quality of health care: patient satisfaction in a university hospital.

Objective: To evaluate patient characteristics and satisfaction in an outpatient service at a university hospital, aiming at obtaining subsidies for standardization of a quality assessment program.

Method: Patient-representative sample was selected. It consisted of users of the Ophthalmology Outpatient Service at the Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP).

[Perceptions of ophthalmologists regarding teaching models applied to contact lenses].

Purpose: To identify perceptions regarding teaching models applied to contact lenses.

Methods: A transversal study in a readily accessible sample consisting of ophthalmologists (n=39) was performed by applying a questionnaire.

Results: The sample consisted of 39 ophthalmologists, 51.

Use of optical aids by visually impaired students: social and cultural factors.

Purpose: To identify conceptions, social and cultural factors regarding the use of optical aids by visually impaired students and to present information to health and educational professionals.

Methods: Qualitative research using spontaneous theater (interactive theater modality based on improvisation) as research instrument. To analyze data, an adapted form of the collective subject discourse technique - procedures for organization of verbal data - was applied.

[Utilization of optical devices and equipments by students with visual impairment].

Purpose: To verify perceptions and conduct of students with visual impairment regarding devices and equipment utilized in schooling process.

Methods: A transversal descriptive study on a population of 12-year-old or older students in schooling process, affected by congenital or acquired visual impairment, inserted in the government teaching system of Campinas during the year 2000. An interview quiz, created based on an exploratory study was applied.

Perceptions of patients about cataract.

Objective: To identify in adult patients suffering from cataract the perceptions regarding the disease and its surgical treatment.

Materials And Methods: An exploratory survey was conducted among adult patients suffering from cataract and participating in a large-scale cataract management program at the University of São Paulo General Hospital in 2004. The interviews were conducted by research assistants previously trained to pose questions and record answers.

Second eye cataract surgery: perceptions of a population assisted at a university hospital.

Objective: To identify daily life difficulties perceived by patients suffering from senile cataract before and after second eye cataract surgery.

Methods: Longitudinal prospective study with 84 patients consecutively seen within the framework of the Cataract Project, with visual acuity equal to or higher than 20/30 in the pseudophakic eye, and equal to or lower than 20/40 with the best possible optical correction in the cataractous eye. A questionnaire was applied during an interview.

[Treatment of diabetic retinopathy: patients' perceptions in Rio Claro (São Paulo State)--Brazil].

Purpose: To collect information and opinions from a group of diabetic patients regarding diabetic retinopathy and its treatment, in order to get reliable information that can help to improve programs and actions to control and prevent this ocular disease.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed. The sample was from 980 diabetic patients seen in a diabetic association.

Popular beliefs regarding the treatment of senile cataract.

Objective: To identify popular beliefs regarding the treatment of senile cataract in patients enrolled in the community health programs on eye rehabilitation.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out using an interview questionnaire that was applied to 776 subjects drawn from a non-probabilistic sample in five cities of the state of São Paulo. The sample was made up of 47.