Publications by authors named "Mera F Haddad"
Public Awareness, Knowledge of Presbyopia and Compliance to Eye Examination in Jordan.
Clin Optom (Auckl)
July 2024
Purpose: To assess public awareness and knowledge about presbyopia and their compliance to ocular examination in Jordan.
Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was designed to interview people in different provinces of Jordan. Socio-demographic data such as age, gender and level of education and region was reported.
Aim: To investigate knowledge, risk perception, and attitude towards corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and infection control measures among optometrists in Jordan.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed through social media platforms to optometrists registered with the Jordanian syndicate and Jordanian association of optics. Information on participants' socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of clinical features of COVID-19, risk assessment and infection control measures for preventing disease transmission were collected.
Clinical Relevance: Identifying potential barriers to contact lens wear could increase awareness about contact lenses and their benefits and boost the confidence of optometrists offering contact lenses to their patients.
Background: Contact lenses provide better visual performance according to many studies. Nevertheless, resistance to wearing them remains an issue.
Clinical Relevance: This study was conducted to determine the effect of tobacco waterpipe smoking on the ocular surface. The findings could be useful in understanding ocular surface changes and associated symptoms in waterpipe smokers.
Background: Tobacco smoking has been reported to have many systemic and ocular adverse effects.
Purpose: The aims of this study were to assess the knowledge and attitude toward corneal donation among Jordanian population and to report the reasons which may influence subject's decision and attitude toward corneal donation.
Methods: A self-designed questionnaire was developed. The participants were asked about reasons for both willingness and unwillingness to donate their corneas.
Aim: The aim of the study was to identify causes of visual impairment among patients attending a low vision clinic in the north of Jordan and to study the relevant demographic characteristics of these patients.
Subjects And Methods: The retrospective study was conducted through a review of clinical records of 135 patients who attended a low vision clinic in Irbid. Clinical characteristics of the patients were collected, including age, gender, primary cause of low vision, best corrected visual acuity, and current prescribed low vision aids.
Purpose: To assess potential patient-related barriers to rigid gas permeable (RGP) lens wear for vision rehabilitation in a sample of keratoconus (KC) patients in Jordan.
Methods: Barriers for RGP contact lens wear among KC patients were discussed and specified by a focus group which consisted of five optometrists who are involved in contact lens practice. The focus group addressed potential barriers for RGP lens wear from the patient's perspective.
Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Jordan.
Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes
October 2017
Background: Increasing the level of awareness of diabetic retinopathy among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus is considered an important factor for early diagnosis and management of diabetic retinopathy. The aim of this study was to evaluate awareness of diabetic retinopathy among a sample of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Jordan.
Patients And Methods: The study period was from August to December 2015.
Background: Cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and dry eye disease are common with high prevalence in Jordan. This study aims to assess the awareness of these ocular diseases among Jordanian population.
Method: A self-designed questionnaire was developed in Arabic and used to interview people in different provinces of Jordan.
Purpose: To evaluate contact lens prescribing trends among optometrists in Jordan.
Methods: Optometrists from 173 practices in Jordan were surveyed about prescribing contact lenses in their practice. Practitioners were required to record information for the last 10 patients that visited their practice.
Purpose: To describe the prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) symptoms and to identify associated risk factors in a general non-clinical population in Jordan.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants were selected randomly from the general non-clinical population in Jordan. Participants aged 18 years or over completed the Arabic version of Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire on dry eye symptoms.