Evaluation of Eye Alignment Before and After Refractive Surgery Using an Implantable Collamer Lens in Phakic Patients with Myopia.

Purpose: To investigate changes in eye alignment before and after ICL implantation in patients with myopia having corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) of ≥0.0 logMAR.

Subjects And Methods: The medical records of 1012 patients without eye movement limitation who underwent bilateral ICL implantation were retrospectively reviewed a at the Eye Center of Sanno Hospital in Japan.

Secondary IOL implantation for an aphakic patient with congenital cataract living in Bonin Islands; follow-up study.

: We previously reported a case of a patient with bilateral congenital cataract identified in the Ogasawara village, Bonin Islands, Japan, on a visit by an ophthalmologist and describe its course over 17 years from initial surgery. Here, we report on a secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation that was subsequently performed at 22 years and 5 months of age. : After cataract surgery at 7 months, the aphakic patient began amblyopia treatment using extended-wear soft contact lenses (SCLs).

The Global Leadership Mentoring Community: An evaluation of its impact on nursing leadership.

Aim: To evaluate a year-long mentorship program, pairing nurses from different regions across the world to support their global leadership capability, and identifying additional consequences of their participation.

Background: Investment in developing nurse leaders continues as a strategic global imperative. Building on the first cohort's recommendations, this second program illustrates continued progress.

Evaluation of Eye Alignment before and after Cataract Surgery.

: To assess changes in eye alignment before and after cataract surgery.: The medical records of 786 cataract patients without eye movement limitation who underwent bilateral cataract surgery under topical anesthesia with monofocal IOL placement were retrospectively reviewed at the Eye Center of Sanno Hospital in Japan.: Before cataract surgery, 121 of the 786 patients (15.

Developing competencies in genetics nursing: Education intervention for perinatal and pediatric nurses.

Nurses need to be appropriately trained in genetics to provide clinical care based on best practice for patients and families. This exploratory study describes an educational intervention using authentic stimulus material centered on a clinical case study of a family with a baby with Down syndrome. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from a sample of 15 nurses and 27 students from three universities in Japan before and after completing an entry-level workshop on competency-based genetics nursing.

Biometry: a tool for the detection of amblyopia risk factor in children.

Purpose: To determine optical biometry data criteria for the detection of abnormal refraction in preschool children, and to evaluate the accuracy of these criteria for detecting amblyopia refractive risk factor (ARF), as defined in the 2013 guidelines of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS).

Methods: The present study included 200 eyes of 100 preschool children with normal eyes for the experimental determination of criteria and 142 eyes of 71 preschool children for validation of these criteria. Statistical data from normal eyes were used to determine both "high sensitivity failure criterion" and "high specificity failure criterion" associated with corneal astigmatism, interocular difference in axial length, and the prediction interval of a regression formula for predicting corneal power from axial length.

The Repeatability of Values Measured Using the Spot Vision Screener in Healthy Children and Children with Refractive Errors.

To determine the repeatability of refractive values measured using the Spot vision screener in healthy children and children with refractive errors. This cross-sectional study included 170 eyes of 85 healthy children (normal group), and 50 eyes of 25 children wearing spectacles for refractive errors (spectacles group). The spherical equivalent value, cylindrical value, and inter-ocular differences in the spherical equivalent values were analyzed.

Differences in the Stimulus Accommodative Convergence/Accommodation Ratio using Various Techniques and Accommodative Stimuli.

Purpose: To investigate differences in the stimulus accommodative convergence/accommodation (AC/A) ratio using various techniques and accommodative stimuli, and to describe a method for determining the stimulus AC/A ratio.

Methods: A total of 81 subjects with a mean age of 21 years (range, 20-23 years) were enrolled. The relationship between ocular deviation and accommodation was assessed using two methods.

Prediction of pupil size under binocular open-view settings using the new CASIA2 device.

Purpose: Pupillometry should be performed under conditions as close to natural viewing as possible. The present study aimed to determine whether pupil size in binocular open-view settings can be predicted based on pupil size measured using the CASIA2 device.

Methods: The present study included 61 participants (25 men and 36 women; mean age, 49 ± 15 years; age range, 22-69 years) with no history of ophthalmic disease other than refractive errors and cataract.

Evaluation of visual function in preschool-age children using a vision screening protocol.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between uncorrected visual acuity and refraction and binocular function using a vision screening protocol.

Methods: In total, 760 children (3-6 years old) who were enrolled in 4 nursery schools in Otawara, Japan, were recruited; a total of 1,520 eyes were examined. We assessed uncorrected near visual acuity, manifest refraction, stereopsis, and eye position.

Food allergy response capabilities of mothers and related factors.

A parent's ability to confidently manage a child's food allergy (i.e. food allergy response capability) is considered instrumental toward treating this disorder; however, little is known regarding this measure and associated factors.

Etiology and outcomes of secondary surgical intervention for dissatisfied patients after pseudophakic monovision.

Purpose: To evaluate the etiology and the clinical outcomes of secondary surgical interventions for dissatisfied patients after pseudophakic monovision.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Association Between Ocular Dominance and Anisometropic Hyperopia.

Introduction And Purpose: Anisometropia, a relative difference in the refractive state of the two eyes, is common in hyperopic patients. We investigated the association between ocular dominance (sighting dominance) and refractive asymmetry in patients with hyperopia.

Methods: This retrospective study included 223 hyperopic patients with a mean age of 10.

[Epidemiological Study of Poor Visual Acuity among Schoolchildren in Bonin Islands].

Purpose: To investigate the change in uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) among schoolchildren in Bonin Islands.

Subjects And Methods: UCVA of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14 years, was collected from reports of School Health Examination Surveys conducted from 1981 to 2012. The proportion of schoolchildren with poor UCVA in the Bonin Islands was compared with those in metropolitan Tokyo.

Evaluation of Sensory Dominance Using Binocular Rivalry as Related to Ocular Deviations.

Introduction And Purpose: To investigate the relationship between sensory dominance and ocular deviations.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-three patients were evaluated with a new device for the measurement of exclusive visibility during binocular rivalry. The patients were consisted of twenty-three with exotropia (XT), twenty with intermittent exotropia [X(T)], twenty with exophoria (XP), respectively.

Experiences regarding maternal age-specific risks and prenatal testing of women of advanced maternal age in Japan.

The number of pregnant women of advanced maternal age has increased worldwide. Women in this group have an increased chance of fetal abnormality. To explore Japanese women's experiences regarding maternal age-specific risks and prenatal testing, we conducted a descriptive qualitative study.

Binocular function in patients with pseudophakic monovision.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between ocular deviation and stereopsis and fusion in patients who had pseudophakic monovision surgery.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

Design: Retrospective comparative case series.

Association between ocular dominance and refractive asymmetry.

Purpose: To investigate the association between ocular dominance (sighting dominance) and refractive asymmetry in phakic patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included 3,012 patients with a mean age of 29.0 ± 5.

Five-year follow-up of ocular deviation in bilaterally pseudophakic patients.

Purpose: To investigate long-term ocular deviation in patients who had undergone implantation of a monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) in both eyes.

Methods: Eighty-eight patients with exophoria (average age, 68 ± 8 years; average axial length, 23.9 ± 0.

Five-year clinical study of patients with pseudophakic monovision.

Purpose: To assess the long-term clinical outcomes and acceptability of pseudophakic monovision.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

Design: Case series.

Japanese women's attitudes towards routine ultrasound screening during pregnancy.

Because there are few published studies from Eastern countries concerning women's experiences of prenatal ultrasound scans, this study investigated this topic in 238 Japanese women in three different prenatal settings. A cross-sectional questionnaire of 33 items was administered to 261 women at 14-37 weeks gestation with no known obstetrical risk, after their ultrasounds. The main reasons for the ultrasounds were evaluation of fetal growth (100%, n = 238); obstetrical conditions (n = 228, 96%); and fetal abnormalities (91%, n = 217).

Pseudophakic monovision using monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses: hybrid monovision.

Purpose: To evaluate the visual function after bilateral cataract surgery performed with a new technique (hybrid monovision) that uses a monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) and a diffractive multifocal IOL.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

Design: Case series.

Perceptions of Japanese patients and their family about medical treatment decisions.

Internationally, nurses and physicians are increasingly expected to undertake roles in communication and patient advocacy, including in Japan, where the reigning principle underlying medical ethics is in transition from paternalism to respect for patient autonomy. The study reports the results of a survey in two Japanese teaching hospitals that clarified the perspectives of 128 patients and 41 family members regarding their current and desired involvement in health decision-making. The commonest process that was desired by patients and their family was for patients to make decisions after consultation with both the physician and their family.