PURPOSE The aim of this review was to identify patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for use in research and clinical practice involving individuals with visual impairment following stroke and to evaluate their content validity against quality assessment criteria. METHOD A systematic review of the literature was conducted to identify articles related to the development and/or validation o...

BACKGROUND Local tolerance of topical glaucoma treatment is important to achieve a good compliance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the consequences of local anti-glaucoma drug side effects on the vision-related quality of life (QoL). METHODS A mail survey was sent to 20,000 homes of a panel representative of the French population asking whether one member of the family was suffering fr...

PURPOSE To evaluate the life quality of patients with infectious and non-infectious uveitis evaluated at the uveitis service of the Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho-UFRJ, using the NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaire in order to clarify the importance of uveitis diagnosis and treatment as well as its consequences to visual and social functions of the patients. METHODS Prospective study of 3...

I ntroduction: The structured Benefit–risk Action Team (BRAT) approach aims to assist healthcare decision makers in treatment assessments. We applied BRAT to compare the benefit–risk profile of ranibizumab 0.5 mg versus laser photocoagulation for the treatment of diabetic macular oedema (DMO). Methods: One-year data for the ranibizumab 0.5 mg pro re nata (PRN) and laser arms of the phase III tr...

AIM To investigate the visual function and the relationship with vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) after macular hole repair surgery. METHODS Prospective case series. Thirty-six consecutive eyes in 36 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling were included. The 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25) was ...

In this paper, we study skew cyclic and skew constacyclic codes over the ring R = Fq + uFq + vFq + uvFq where q = p^m; p is an odd prime, u^2 = u; v^2 = v; uv = vu. We show that Gray image of a skew cyclic code of length n is a skew quasi-cyclic code of length 4n over Fq of index 4. We also study the structural properties of skew cyclic and skew constacyclic codes over R. Further, generating po...

OBJECTIVE Greater intake of Cruciferous vegetables (e.g. broccoli) may prevent cancer at several sites. Urinary excretion of isothiocyanate conjugates (dithiocarbamates, DTC) provides a specific biomarker of Cruciferous vegetable consumption suitable for epidemiological investigations. However, no gold-standard referent is available for evaluating urinary DTC levels as an estimator of Crucifero...

(2015) Response: " Commentary: Mental distress in patients with cerebral visual injury assessed with the German Brief Symptom Inventory. " Front. Aging Neurosci. 7:158. A response to Commentary: " Mental distress in patients with cerebral visual injury assessed with the German Brief Symptom Inventory " by Craig, A. In his valuable commentary on our recent publication Ashley Craig pointed out th...