PURPOSE To determine prescribing practices of pediatric ophthalmologists for astigmatism and astigmatic anisometropia in infants and young children. METHODS A survey was sent to the 700 North American AAPOS members listed in the 2004 web site directory. RESULTS A total of 412/700 surveys (59%) were returned. The level of astigmatism at which pediatric ophthalmologists prescribe eyeglasses f...

PURPOSE To describe the main success attitudes of young ophthalmologists in the first decade of their career. METHODS This descriptive study comprised subjects selected from a sample of ophthalmologists who were participating in a congress, using a semi-structured questionnaire. The inclusion criteria were as follows: ophthalmologists under the age of 40 years, within 5-10 years from ophthalm...

OBJECTIVE To verify age of first ophthalmic evaluation and optical prescription along with present optical correction among ophthalmologists of different age groups. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with a nonprobabilistic sample (n = 578) of ophthalmologists and resident physicians using a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS The first ophthalmologic exam was undergone bef...

OBJECTIVE To know the opinions of trainee ophthalmologists on ways to improve cataract surgical rate (CSR) with a view to having insight into actions that should be of high priority for achieving this improvement. METHODS A survey of 27 trainee ophthalmologists using structured self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS Most trainees had a positive view about actions towards raising CSR: Stru...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the ergonomic practices and prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among Pakistani ophthalmologists. METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at College Ophthalmology Allied Vision Sciences/Eye Unit III (King Edward Medical University), Lahore, Pakistan from 01-03-2021 to 31-08-2021. A web-based close ended questionnaire (Google form) developed ...

Abstract Aim To describe what intraoperative factors affect the outcomes of cataract surgery in LMICs. Method The following databases were screened to find relevant articles: EMBASE (1974–2019), MEDLINE (1946–2019), Global health (1973–2019), PubMed, Cochrane library and Cumulative Index Nursing Allied Health Literature. Following this, duplicates removed, articles underwent screening. Results ...