BACKGROUND In real life, outcomes in wet age related macular degeneration (W-AMD) continue to fall behind the results from randomized controlled trials. The aim of this trial was to assess if outcomes can be improved by an intervention in healthcare organization following recommendations of the Chronic Care Model (CCM). METHODS Multi-centered randomized controlled clinical trial. The multifac...

Purpose. To determine the efficacy of 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for symptomatic posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) on visual acuity (VA) and quality after multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs). Methods. In this prospective case series, patients who developed symptomatic PVD and were not satisfied with visual quality due to floaters and halos after multifocal IOL implantation underwen...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) includes visual impairment in the 10 most prevalent causes of disability in America. As rehabilitation programs have the potential to restore independence and improve the quality of life for affected persons, NIH research priorities include evaluating their effectiveness. This paper demonstrates a clinical perspective on the use of the Rasch person-item m...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this report was to investigate the psychometric properties of the McMonnies questionnaire for dry eye disease. METHODS The instrument was administered to 75 patients with dry eye disease on two occasions. Additional dry eye clinical tests, patient-reported dry eye interviews, and the NEI-VFQ-25 were completed during these examinations. Reliability (internal consistenc...

PURPOSE Aerobic exercise has been found to be neuroprotective in animal models of retinal degeneration. This study aims to report physical activity levels in patients with RP and investigate the relationship between physical activity and vision-related quality-of-life (QOL). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study of adult patients with RP examined in 2005-2014. Physical activity levels w...

Purpose: To evaluate the quality of life related to vision (QoL) in patients with ocular hypertension under treatment. Methods: The study included two groups. The first one consisted of 60 ocular hypertension patients under topical hypotensive medications and the second one of 60 healthy persons. The Greek language version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI VFQ-...

Purpose: This study was performed in order to characterize the psychometric properties of the National Eye Institute visual functioning questionnaire in Iranians. Methods: After forward and backward translation, examination of the translation quality and a pilot test, 80 patients with various chronic ophthalmic diseases and 30 healthy individuals completed the questionnaire. Internal consistenc...

Let q be a prime power and Fq be a finite field. In this paper, we study constacyclic codes over the ring Fq + uFq + vFq + uvFq, where u 2 = u, v2 = v and uv = vu. We characterize the generator polynomials of constacyclic codes and their duals using some decomposition of this ring. Finally we study the images of self-dual cyclic codes over F2m + uF2m + vF2m + uvF2m through a linear Gray map.