The prevalence of depressive symptoms and related risk factors among diabetic patients with retinopathy attending the Jordan University Hospital.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms among diabetic patients suffering from retinopathy, and to identify crucial risk factors that affect patients' quality of life and whether social support mediates the relationship between retinopathy and depression.

Methods: The sample comprises 155 participants with diabetic retinopathy recruited from the Jordan University Hospital during the year 2017. Arabic versions of all study tools were employed as follows: the Beck Depression Inventory; the short form of the health survey; the Berlin social support scale; ophthalmic examinations; patients' records; and a demographic questionnaire.

Trans-epithelial corneal collagen cross-linking with iontophoresis for progressive keratoconus.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of trans-epithelial corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) with Iontophoresis among patients with progressive keratoconus.

Methods: It is a prospective interventional study, which is based on 41 eyes of 23 patients, suffering from progressive keratoconus and treated with trans-epithelial corneal cross-linking, using iontophoresis with ETDA and trometamol-enriched riboflavin 5 phosphates 0.1% hypotonic solution (Ricrolin+, Soot Italia SpA, Italy).

Keratoconus Asymmetry between Both Eyes Based on Corneal Tomography.

Purpose: To characterize the asymmetry between both eyes in patients with keratoconus based on corneal tomography.

Materials And Methods: All patients with keratoconus who presented to the eye clinic at Jordan University Hospital between January 2008 and November 2011 were included in the study. Using computerized corneal tomography, the keratometric values and indices of both eyes of participants with keratoconus and normal controls were compared.

Topographic characteristics of keratoconus among a sample of Jordanian patients.

Aim: To identify topographic characteristics of keratoconus in a Jordanian sample.

Methods: This study characterized 210 corneas affected with keratoconus presenting to Jordan University Hospital. Patients were diagnosed based on clinical examinations and Pentacam imaging.

Ferrara ring segments implantation for treating keratoconus.

Aim: To investigate the efficacy of Ferrara rings (FR) implantation in the treatment of keratoconus.

Methods: It was a retrospective case series descriptive study. The sample was comprised of 50 patients 79 eyes diagnosed with progressive keratoconus.