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When Mental Health Becomes Physical, Piper Fain
When Mental Health Becomes Physical, Piper Fain
Honors Theses
Glaucoma, the presence of elevated intraocular pressure, has been shown to directly correlate to elevated blood pressure levels. Likewise, numerous studies have been conducted on the relationship between elevated blood pressure and anxiety in individuals suffering from both. One might wonder, then, if there is any correlation between glaucoma and anxiety? My thesis expands upon this question utilizing a survey distributed to patients at local optometry clinics.
Función Visual Como Marcador Clínico Del Glaucoma, Jenifer Castro Buitrago
Función Visual Como Marcador Clínico Del Glaucoma, Jenifer Castro Buitrago
Maestría en Ciencias de la Visión
El glaucoma consiste en una neuropatía óptica en la cual se ven afectadas las células ganglionares de la retina y sus axones, en esta patología se encuentran diversas funciones visuales alteradas tales como el campo visual, la sensibilidad al contraste, y la visión cromática. Además, es una de las principales causas de ceguera a nivel mundial, siendo una causa evitable si se trata a tiempo con un diagnóstico temprano. Existe la posibilidad de realizar diferentes pruebas que permiten detectar un daño funcional o estructural que pueden estar asociados al glaucoma como lo son la tomografía óptica coherente, la tonometría, la …
Prevalencia Del Glaucoma En La Clínica De Optometría De La Universidad De La Salle En Los Años 2020-2021, Laura Valentina Perea Niño, Alejandro Torres Perilla
Prevalencia Del Glaucoma En La Clínica De Optometría De La Universidad De La Salle En Los Años 2020-2021, Laura Valentina Perea Niño, Alejandro Torres Perilla
Optometría
El glaucoma es una neuropatía progresiva de alta prevalencia a nivel mundial del 2-4% de la población mundial, según la OMS. Se caracteriza por presentar cambios en el nervio óptico, deteriorando el campo visual, asociado a la hipertensión ocular. Esta patología es la segunda causa de ceguera a nivel mundial y se puede desarrollar en adultos mayores de 60 años, por lo general no presenta síntomas y puede resultar en la pérdida aguda o progresiva de la visión. Un aumento en los casos de esta enfermedad puede conducir a la población que lo padece a ceguera irreversible, por lo que …
Extractos Naturales Como Método Terapéutico Complementario En El Manejo Del Glaucoma. Una Revisión Sistemática Cualitativa, Andrés David Bejarano Rocha
Extractos Naturales Como Método Terapéutico Complementario En El Manejo Del Glaucoma. Una Revisión Sistemática Cualitativa, Andrés David Bejarano Rocha
Optometría
Introducción: Existen extractos naturales que han sido estudios en los últimos años, que surgen como una alternativa para tratar el glaucoma, el ginkgo biloba, arándano, cannabis y otros, surgen como método terapéutico para su manejo y contribuir como una terapia anti neuro generativa, antiinflamatoria, y hasta anti apoptótica. Objetivo: Describir las propiedades de los extractos naturales en el manejo del glaucoma, en la literatura disponible. Métodos: Se llevo a cabo una revisión sistemática cualitativa, basada en artículos disponibles en bases de datos como: Pubmed, ELSEVIER, Scopus, Scielo, Science Direct, EBSCO realizando un listado de las referencias encontradas y utilizadas …
Patterns Of Medication Adherence In Glaucoma, Shervonne Poleon
Patterns Of Medication Adherence In Glaucoma, Shervonne Poleon
All ETDs from UAB
Over 60 million persons globally are affected by primary open angle glaucoma (POAG)—an optic neuropathy characterized by distinctive patterns of vision loss. Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, and eye drops that delay vision loss are a common treatment modality. In glaucoma, the proportion of patients with good adherence to recommended therapy is reported to be low. High treatment cost, forgetfulness, and regimen complexity have been identified as key determinants of poor adherence. However, addressing these factors in the clinic is not as simple, as patient and provider values and priorities may differ. Without concordance, it can …
Developing An Assessment Of Reading Impairment And Its Impact On Occupational Performance In Older Adults With Glaucoma In A Metropolitan Area Of The Southeastern Us: A Mixed Methods Approach, Robin Deacy
All ETDs from UAB
According to the United States Administration on Aging (AOA, 2014), the population of individuals over 65 will be 98 million by the year 2060, doubling its 2014 estimates. As our population ages, the prevalence of glaucoma increases. Vision loss resulting from glaucoma can limit participation in valued occupations including engagement in reading. It has long been thought that mobility issues and glare sensitivity were the main factors that characterized glaucoma. In the late 1990s and early 2000s researchers began to examine quality of life (QoL) in those with glaucoma. It was during these early QoL studies that the first reports …
Toward The Mechanism Underlying Latanoprost- And Benzalkonium Chloride-Induced Meibomian Gland Dysfunction In Patients Treated For Glaucoma, Jillian Ziemanski
Toward The Mechanism Underlying Latanoprost- And Benzalkonium Chloride-Induced Meibomian Gland Dysfunction In Patients Treated For Glaucoma, Jillian Ziemanski
All ETDs from UAB
Once thought to be no more than a vexing eye condition, ocular surface disease (OSD) is now being viewed as a differentiating factor between sight and no sight. In the setting of glaucoma, OSD can interfere with treatment success, potentially allowing the visually devastating pathology of glaucoma to plow onward with little restraint. Compounding the clinical challenge is the growing awareness that glaucoma-associated OSD appears to be iatrogenically induced by topical ophthalmic medications. Daily, topical instillation of preserved prostaglandin analogs (PGAs), the most common first-line treatment for glaucoma, has been linked to a variety of OSD subtypes, including meibomian gland …
Characterization Of Intraocular Pressure Fluctuations, Intracranial Pressure And Translaminar Pressure Measured With Wireless Telemetry In Nonhuman Primates, Jessica Violet Jasien
Characterization Of Intraocular Pressure Fluctuations, Intracranial Pressure And Translaminar Pressure Measured With Wireless Telemetry In Nonhuman Primates, Jessica Violet Jasien
All ETDs from UAB
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness and third leading cause of visual impairment worldwide; 180 million people suffer from a glaucomatous visual disability. Glaucoma is an ocular neurodegenerative disease with several risk factors. The major identified risk factors of glaucoma are intraocular pressure (IOP), age, race, central cornea thickness, family history, and low diastolic blood pressure. The lowering of IOP is the only modifiable risk factor for the disease. However, we know little about the true character of IOP. Periodic IOP measurements are obtained every few months or at the discretion of the clinician during office hours and …
Long Term Efficacy Of A Supraciliary Micro-Stent Combined With Cataract Surgery In The Treatment Of Glaucoma, Michael Robert Mcfarland
Long Term Efficacy Of A Supraciliary Micro-Stent Combined With Cataract Surgery In The Treatment Of Glaucoma, Michael Robert Mcfarland
Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term efficacy of supraciliary micro-stent implantation in combination with phacoemulsification in the treatment of mild-moderate primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods: Retrospective data of patients previously enrolled in the “Study of an Implantable Device for Lowering Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery” (COMPASS trial), in which patients with mild-moderate POAG had undergone either cataract surgery alone or cataract surgery combined with implantation of a supraciliary micro-stent, were collected. Eligible patients had since exited the trial and had 5-8 years of postoperative data available. The primary outcome measure was …
Glaucoma Primario De Ángulo Abierto: Evaluación De La Calidad De Guías De Práctica Clínica De Colombia, México, Chile Y España, Erika Esperanza Ñustes Malagon, Paola Andrea Urrego Martínez
Glaucoma Primario De Ángulo Abierto: Evaluación De La Calidad De Guías De Práctica Clínica De Colombia, México, Chile Y España, Erika Esperanza Ñustes Malagon, Paola Andrea Urrego Martínez
Optometría
Introducción: La meta del tratamiento del glaucoma es actualmente la función visual del paciente a largo plazo con alternativas específicas, una de las estrategias para esto, es la elaboración de Guías de Práctica Clínica. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas, la construcción de estos protocolos y guías no obedece a un orden lineal y tampoco estandarizado a nivel mundial. Es por esto que se crea el instrumento ACUERDO para evaluar la calidad de Guías de práctica Clínica. Objetivo: Evaluar la calidad de las guías de práctica Clínica de glaucoma primario de ángulo abierto de Colombia, México, Chile y España. Materiales …
Intraocular Pressure Dynamics, Daniel Coleman Turner
Intraocular Pressure Dynamics, Daniel Coleman Turner
All ETDs from UAB
While cataracts (the leading cause of blindness worldwide) can be reversed surgical-ly, glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, affecting over 70 million people worldwide [1]. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and age are the primary risk factors for glaucoma [2] and lowering IOP is the only proven treatment for the disease [3]. IOP and its fluctuations affect nearly every aspect of ocular physiology and homeo-stasis, as well as playing a dominant role in glaucoma pathophysiology, yet very little is known about IOP due to the current clinical standard of measuring mean IOP during infre-quent clinic visits. We use a …
Image Processing Of Oct Glaucoma Images And Information Theory Analysis, Shuting Wang
Image Processing Of Oct Glaucoma Images And Information Theory Analysis, Shuting Wang
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Glaucoma is a group of optic nerve disease with progressive structural changes leading to loss of visual function. A careful examination and detection of changes in the optic nerve is the key to early diagnosis of glaucoma. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is one of the known techniques of diagnosis of glaucoma. The patients' eyes are scanned and sub-surface images are captured from optical nerves. Captured OCT images usually suffer from noise and therefore image enhancement techniques can help doctors in better analysis of OCT images and diagnosis of glaucoma. In this thesis, we propose three successful algorithms for enhancing the …
Sustained Pupil Constriction Following Brief Light Exposure: Relation To Retinal Health, Laxmikanth Kankipati
Sustained Pupil Constriction Following Brief Light Exposure: Relation To Retinal Health, Laxmikanth Kankipati
All ETDs from UAB
The pupillary light reflex (PLR) is an indispensable clinical measure of visual, neurological and autonomic function which, until recently, was thought to be driven by only rods and cones. In 2000, a novel subset of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) was discovered that express melanopsin and are intrinsically photosensitive (ipRGC). These ipRGCs contribute to the PLR and are responsible for the sustained pupilloconstriction observed following light offset (the post-illumination pupil response (PIPR)). The primary goal of this project was to examine the PIPR in a broad sample of the general human population. Using a newly-developed, wide-field optical system, we demonstrate that …