This systematic review examines the use of eye-tracking devices in optometry, describing their main characteristics, areas of application and metrics used. Using the PRISMA method, a systematic search was performed of three databases. The search stra...
Effective communication is central to patient-centred care; however, optometry curricula often prioritise technical skills over formal communication training. This study investigated optometry students’ attitudes toward learning communication s...
Rapid advances in ocular diagnostic approaches and emerging links of pathological changes in the eye with systemic disorders have widened the scope of optometry as the front line of eye health care. Expanding professional requirements stipulate that...
We developed an innovative method using the focal length change in the zoom lens to enable subjects with refractive errors to see the E chart image. For myopes, the distant E chart image is in front of the retina. By using the focal length change in...
Background/Objectives: Artificial intelligence (AI), including large language models, chatbots, machine-learning systems, and hybrid tools, is increasingly used to support patient-facing eye-care communication. This systematic review evaluated the ac...
7 April 2021
Background: The concern over the high level of stress experienced by students of the caring professions has led to increased attention being paid to the promotion of their resilience. Most earlier studies have focused on the resilience of medical and...
The compliant mechanism studied in this paper is used in the structure of an assembly necessary for the temporary mounting of visual markers on glasses frames. Proper correction of vision defects in patients is a field of study in healthcare that has...
Background/Objectives: Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) has been shown to be more prevalent in patients with keratoconus (KC) in Turkey, Egypt, and Israel but has not been examined in the Palestinian Authority (PA). Therefore, this study compared th...
Background: The Place Model was developed in order to conceptualize the various roles and career pathways of the teaching profession. It can be used to evaluate long-term professional career trajectories and to encourage the student-teacher to visual...
This study examines the pedagogical potential of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) in optometric education, aiming to foster critical reflection on optics, sustainability, and professional identity. A qualitative interpretative phenomenological analy...
The precision needed in optometric measurements for the correct customization of progressive lenses usually falls short of what is required for accurate prescriptions. This usually stems from the fact that most measurements are obtained using outdate...
Purpose: To investigate the inter-device agreement and mean differences between a newly developed digital phoropter and the two standard methods (trial frame and manual phoropter). Methods: Refractive errors of two groups of participants were measure...
This study introduces an Artificial Intelligence framework based on the Deep Learning model Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers framework trained on a dataset from 2000–2023. The AI tool categorizes articles into six classes...
The primary aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship between ocular motility and motor skills in school-age children. Participants included 142 schoolchildren (mean age: 7.08 ± 0.61 years) who completed a computer...
Carotenoid compounds are ubiquitous in nature, providing the characteristic colouring of many algae, bacteria, fruits and vegetables. They are a critical component of the human diet and play a key role in human nutrition, health and disease. Therefor...
The COVID-19 outbreak demonstrated the viability of various remote working solutions, telepresence robots (TPRs) being one of them. High-quality video transmission is one of the cornerstones of using such solutions, as most of the information about t...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have increasingly transformed optometry, enabling automated classification and predictive modeling of eye conditions. In this study, we introduce Optometry Random Forest, an artificial intelligence-based s...
Measuring interpupilary distance and pupil height is a crucial step in the process of optometry. However, existing methods suffer from low accuracy, high cost, a lack of portability, and limited research on studying both parameters simultaneously. To...
12 October 2020
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the effects of confinement due to COVID-19 isolation on visual function, considering insufficient convergence as one of the possible effects of living the whole day in a reduced space. We pass a Convergence Ins...
Vision is thought to play a substantial role in hitting and fielding in cricket. An understanding of which visual skills contribute during cricket play could inform future clinical training trials. This paper reviews what has been reported thus far r...
Background: Children with learning disability and/or autism (LDA) are at high risk of eye and vision problems, yet they struggle to access eye care. Methods: Parents and optometrists were surveyed online about their experiences with eye care for chil...
Quality of life (QOL) is a broader concept which represents experiences, states, appraisals, behaviors, capacities and emotional reactions to circumstances. The study aimed to evaluate the differences in various domains of QOL among the students of f...
Background: Dry eye disease (DED) and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) impose a significant global burden, yet clinical practice varies substantially between regions. This study investigated international trends in DED diagnosis and management among...
Visual snow and its syndrome represent a relatively new and enigmatic neurological condition affecting the human sensory, motor, and perceptual systems. In this narrative review, first an overview of the condition and its basic characteristics and de...
Background: Traumatic brain injury frequently leads to visual dysfunction, affecting up to 75% of patients. These visual issues, if unrecognized, can significantly impair daily functioning. Optometrists are well-positioned to identify and manage such...
Virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a promising alternative to conventional perimetry for assessing visual fields. However, the clinical validity of commercially available VR-based perimetry devices remains uncertain due to variability in...
The aim of this review is to investigate the role of depth of focus (DoF) as a potential confounding variable in the measurement of the amplitude of accommodation (AoA). The role of DoF in human vision is briefly summarised, and it is noted that the...
The study assessed the contact lens prescribing patterns and associated factors in a university optometry clinic in Trinidad and Tobago. The data relating to habitual or new contact lens (CL) prescribing patterns among wearers over a two-year period...
Background: Measurement of anterior chamber depth (ACD) is an important screening method for angle-closure glaucoma risk. We aimed to determine the precision and agreement of a smartphone-based method for measuring ACD when compared with anterior seg...
Accurate assessment of refractive error in children is essential for clinical decision-making, yet agreement between non-cycloplegic techniques remains uncertain, particularly due to differences in accommodative demand. This study evaluated the agree...
Background/Objectives: Reliable and objective assessment of saccadic duration is crucial in sports vision, yet standardized clinical tools remain scarce; therefore, this study evaluated the intraobserver and interobserver repeatability of saccadic ti...
Blended learning is receiving more and more attention due to social changes, technological advances, and the increasing internationality of studies, and research needs to be carried out to explore the possibilities this instruction modality offers to...
Children with specific learning disorders have been associated with oculomotor problems, with their analysis even suggested to be a potential diagnostic tool. A prospective non-randomized comparative study evaluating 59 children (6–13 years old...
The objective of this study was to characterize saccades in children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDG, 17 children, age: 7–12 years) and compare them with a control group (CG, 15 children, age: 7–12 years), comparing the outcomes obtained with...
Background/Objectives: Myopia is a major global public health concern, particularly in East Asia. Taiwan’s exceptionally high prevalence of childhood myopia provides a valuable population model for investigating refractive development and preve...
The present study aimed to assess the symptomatic status of Convergence Insufficiency (CI) in university students from 2018 to 2023 considering the educational environment pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic confinements. A Convergence Insufficiency Symp...
The aim of this study was to verify whether providing older adults with actual corrected glasses for refractive errors would have a positive impact on their gait patterns. This study included 30 subjects with an average age of 78.77 ± 7.27 yea...
An efficient mode of evaluation for eye movements is the use of objective eye tracking systems combined with subjective tests (NSUCO or DEM), which are easily applicable across all age groups and in eye care clinical settings. The objective of this s...
31 July 2021
Background: Sports vision is a specialisation of optometry whose objective is to improve and preserve visual function to increase sports performance. The main objective of the present study was to compare the visual expertise of non-athletes to skeet...
Visual search behavior, influenced by expertise, prior knowledge, training, and visual fatigue, is crucial in ophthalmic diagnostics. This study investigates differences in eye-tracking strategies between novice and experienced eye care practitioners...
Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the trend of treatment zone (TZ) decentration over 12 months of orthokeratology (OK) wear using two Corneal Refractive Therapy (CRT) lens designs: standard (STD) and dual axis (DA). Me...
Purpose: The transition of Taiwan from an aging to a super-aging society has come with a cost as more elderly now suffer from cognitive impairment. The main purpose of our study was to investigate if early detection can be developed so that timely in...
Background: Visual acuity (VA) assessments are crucial in ophthalmology but traditionally rely on in-clinic evaluations. The emergence of telemedicine has spurred interest in creating dependable self-administered VA tests for use beyond standard clin...
Myopia is a growing public health problem expected to affect half the global population by 2050, making appropriate management of the condition necessary. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and practices of South Af...
Cytokines are key cell signalling proteins in a number of immune and homeostatic pathways of the human body. In particular, they mediate intracellular mechanisms of allergy on the ocular surface by triggering cellular responses that result in typical...
Purpose: To investigate the relationship between oculomotor skills, phorias, and visual symptoms in pediatric population aged 5 to 8 years. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 120 children, divided into three age groups. Each particip...
Background/Objectives: The aim was to describe the clinical characteristics and report the long-term outcomes of a cohort of patients with asymmetric thyroid eye disease (TED), including a subgroup with unilateral dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON), t...
This study investigated whether manual integration in the recognition of the endothelial cells produces different outcomes of morphometric parameters compared to a fully automatic approach. Eight hundred and ninety endothelial images, originally acqu...
Background: At the Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry at the MUV surgical method (scleral buckling, vitrectomy, combined vitrectomy/scleral buckling) and timing (daytime, nighttime) for the treatment of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachmen...
To assess the association between dietary antioxidant intake and the incidence of the three major oxidative stress-related eye diseases, cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration, 78 cases from the University of Auckland Optometry and...
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