Screening for visual processing deficits in dementia
5 April 2022
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Dementia, cognitive impairment, screening test, visual deficits, visuospatial
The Queen Square Screening test for Visual Deficits (QS test) screens for changes in visual processing. It has never been formally validated as a single test. The test consists of a short booklet developed using remnant object and spatial perception...
Screening and adherence to glaucoma care in Enugu, Nigeria
2 December 2019
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Follow up, adherence, eye screening, glaucoma care
The authors present the findings of a cross-sectional survey of participants diagnosed with glaucoma during free eye screening. A total of 830 participants were screened from two outreaches:182 new glaucoma cases were diagnosed (63 glaucoma and 119 glaucoma suspects). There...
Comparison of treatment for hemianopia following stroke
1 August 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Fresnel prisms, homonymous hemianopia, randomised controlled trial, recruitment, screening, stroke, visual search
The authors report the screening process and recruitment figures for a randomised controlled trial comparing interventions for post stroke homonymous hemianopia. Interventions included Fresnel prisms, visual search training and standard care (information only). Primary outcome measure was the change in...
