The objective of this study is to the influence ocular variables in perception #thedress and develop a logistic regression model that could help predict it. This cross-sectional on 1,100 subjects. People who did not report one two main perceptions were excluded from study. Dress was codified as 0 (white&gold) or 1 (black&blue). association between dress demographic (age, gender, binocul...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review provides a summary of our current understanding of the ophthalmic manifestations of Ebola virus disease (EVD), pathogenesis, treatment options and directions for future study. The individual, public health and global health implications of eye disease in EVD survivors are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS The West Africa EVD outbreak was of unprecedented magnitude, lead...

A medical diabetic clinic was examined for evidence of diabetic eye disease. Of 681 patients invited for ocular examination 96.6% attended for screening. The results for insulin dependent diabetics (IDDs) and non-insulin dependent diabetics (NIDDs) were analysed separately and the major findings were: Cataracts were present in 40.8% of IDDs and 46.2% of NIDDs, with an increased incidence with a...

in order to have a rational environmental health planning we need to know the status of environmental health and foresee the results of the projects in action. so a general sanitary survey was carried out in 105 villages in isfahan area in 1969-70. the purposes of this survey were to study the sanitary condition and bacteriblogica1 quality of water in villages with or with out community water s...

background: to investigate the association between socio-economic status and obesity in non-menopause women aged 15-49 years in tehran, iran. methods: this study was based on iran national health survey conducted in 1999. obesity is defined as a body mass in­dex over ≥30. constructed area (per-person), educational level and job are considered as factors indicating the socioeconomic status. the ...

BACKGROUND The patient responsibility concept is based on better informed patients who can shoulder the responsibility for their own health and who can discuss matters competently with their health care provider, becoming partners of their doctors in enabling them to make informed decisions about their medical care. Better patient information and more active participation is also often associat...

an experienced ophthalmic optician, I am also the Scottish representative of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians and chairman of the National Optical Consultative Committee. The main defect in your editorial lies in the assumption that '80-90% of the prescriptions' for the 516 wearers of supposedly unnecessary spectacles out of 13 800 school children aged 10 years or less 'have been iss...

background: academic medicine is in a state of dramatic transformation. for this reason strategic thinking is the most essential part of educational planning. the main purpose of the present study was developing the strategic educational planning of ophthalmology in iran from 2007 to 2010 methods: a qualitative investigation using focus group discussion has been implemented successfully for dev...

OBJECTIVES This report highlights selected health characteristics of four age groups of older adults-55-64 years, 65-74 years, 75-84 years, and 85 years and over-using data from the 2004 through 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Data are presented for each of these age groups by sex, race and Hispanic origin, and by poverty, health insurance, and marital status. METHODS The estima...