Publications by authors named "Ruth Trachimowicz"
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to investigate the publication rates of presentations at the 2006 meeting of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), differences in the publication rates of platform versus poster presentations, consistency of the meeting abstract compared with the full-length journal article, whether abstracts were clinical or basic science, and when and in which journals articles appeared.
Methods: Abstracts were obtained directly from the AAO. Literature searches using PubMed and VisionCite were performed to locate peer-reviewed journal articles based on those abstracts.
Purpose: To characterize optic nerve head (ONH) parameters including symmetry between the eyes in healthy African American children using the Heidelberg retinal tomograph II, and to determine if there are associations between these parameters and age, refractive error, or gender.
Methods: The ONHs of 146 African American children aged 6 to 17 years without ocular disease were imaged with the Heidelberg retinal tomograph II. Mean values for 11 ONH parameters were determined as was their relationship to age, gender, and refractive error.
Background: This study compares the literacy levels of patients seeking primary optometric care at the Illinois Eye Institute, located in a Chicago inner-city neighborhood, to the literacy demands of available near point cards and patient educational materials.
Methods: The revised large print Slosson Oral Reading Test was administered to 100 primary care patients 10 to 15 minutes after the instillation of mydriatic eye drops. In addition, the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level was calculated using the Spelling and Grammar component of the Microsoft Word software package 2003 (Microsoft, Redmond, Washington) for available near point testing cards and patient education materials used in this clinic from the American Optometric Association and the National Eye Institute.