Quantitative Assessment of the Retina Using OCT and Associations with Cognitive Function.

Purpose: To determine the association of retinal thickness with cognitive function in Japanese persons.

Design: Cross-sectional, population-based survey.

Participants: A total of 1293 Japanese persons aged 65 to 86 years who resided in the Saku area in the Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study participated in the eye and mental health screening.

"Cannot see? Use your strengths!" A randomized controlled trial of strengths intervention for improving self-esteem among visually impaired individuals.

Objective: To evaluate the association between strengths use and self-esteem among visually impaired individuals in Study 1 and reveal the causal effect of a strengths intervention in Study 2.

Design: A prospective cross-sectional design in Study 1 and a randomized controlled, open-label, parallel-group comparative design in Study 2.

Setting: Several welfare institutions for visually impaired individuals in the Kanto area of Japan.

Analysis of the association between the severity of ocular and systemic pain.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the severity of ocular and systemic pain.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in patients with ocular pain symptoms who were observed in Keio University Hospital between April 2017 and September 2018. Evaluations consisted of the Dry Eye-Related Quality of Life Score (DEQS), Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), visual analog scale (VAS), and ophthalmologic examination, including tear breakup time measurement and Schirmer I test.

Value of considering psychological strengths in patients with eye pain.

Purpose: To characterize the possibility of strength intervention to improve eye-related quality of life and satisfaction with life of a patient who experienced eye pain and dissatisfaction with the outcomes of ocular surgery.

Observation: A young female patient who underwent LASIK surgery and experienced dissatisfaction with the outcome claimed that she had eye pain and had lost her strengths and self-confidence, having lower quality of life despite the successful surgery. We performed strength intervention in an attempt to improve her psychological condition.

Patients' satisfaction and subjective happiness after refractive surgery for myopia.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess patients' satisfaction and change in subjective happiness after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of 307 patients (mean age, 34.3 years; range, 20-63 years) who underwent bilateral LASIK surgery and ocular examinations, including subjective refraction and visual acuity axial length measurements at Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic.

Strengths use as a secret of happiness: Another dimension of visually impaired individuals' psychological state.

It is well recognized that visual impairments (VI) worsen individuals' mental condition. However, little is known about the positive aspects including subjective happiness, positive emotions, and strengths. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the positive aspects of persons with VI including their subjective happiness, positive emotions, and strengths use.