Browsing Masters Degrees (Optometry) by Title
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Assessment of visual function amongst motor vehicle drivers in Maseru, Lesotho.
(2021)Background: Driving is a primary mode of travel in many countries. It relies primarily on the function of vision to navigate roads and traffic safely. Ensuring good vision for motor vehicle drivers is therefore important ... -
The availability and accessibility of low vision services in Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions of Ghana.
(2018)Background: The prevalence of low vision on the African continent is generally high and varies across and within countries, as well as in people of different socioeconomic status. While regional studies on the prevalence ... -
Contribution of refractive errors to vision impairment in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.
(2014)Purpose: To determine the prevalence and causes of vision impairment with particular emphasis on uncorrected refractive error (URE) in Ashanti region, Ghana. A baseline vision impairment study in the Ashanti region is ... -
Design, reliability and validity of a paediatric rate of reading (PRR) chart.
(2012)Background: Reading rate is a measure of fluency, reflecting the level of reading performance especially in children, which is not typically measured during routine eye examinations. Optometric clinical tests such as Snellen ... -
The epidemiology of ocular injuries among patients presenting to provincial hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Purpose: Ocular injuries are increasingly becoming the permanent cause of visual blindness (Mufti et al, 2004). Most of the previous studies in this area are done in countries outside the African context. A limited number ... -
An evaluation of a school based vision screening programme.
(1992)The effectiveness of a vision screening programme in government schools in the Durban Functional Region under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives was evaluated. For the purpose of the study a Comprehensive ... -
An evaluation of the accuracy of the Moorfields Motion Displacement Test.
(2020)Introduction: Recent statistics report a global blind population of 32.4 million and 191 million people with vision impairment, of which more than 90% of the world’s visually impaired live in developing countries. Glaucoma, ... -
Impact of low vision on quality of life of patients with low vision visiting the low vision center of the Eastern Regional Hospital, Ghana.
(2017)Introduction: Low vision impacts quality of life and more so when the vision loss is severe. Persons living with low vision have reduced functionality and psychosocial well-being with the potential for high dependence on ... -
The incidence and distribution of ametropia in blacks in Umlazi.
(1988)Age, sex, race, heredity, environment and nutrition have been found to influence ametropia. In this study, the distribution of refractive errors has been investigated in relation to age, sex, race, education and near ... -
An investigation of saccadic eye movement abnormalities in children with HIV/AIDS on highly active antiretroviral therapy.
(2013)Introduction: The Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and the consequent Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have cost the lives of millions of people globally over the past 30 years since the first cases of illness ... -
Lifestyle and gender influence on the relationship between hypertension and intraocular pressure amongst the South Nigerian population.
(2017)Hypertension and increased intraocular pressure (IOP) have been considered to be detrimental to systemic and ocular health respectively. Untreated and prolonged increase in blood pressure (BP) has been linked to increase ... -
The oxygen performance of a contact lens on the human eye.
(1989)There is considerable evidence to indicate that most gas permeable contact lenses do not transmit sufficient oxygen to supply all the corneal oxygen requirement. This problem is further exacerbated by non-valid methods of ... -
Patient's knowledge of diabetes, its ocular complications and management in a private practice population in the Western Cape, South Africa.
(2011)The aim of this study was to determine management regimens and level of knowledge of diabetes and its‟ ocular complications among private patients in a sample of the population of the Western Cape region of South Africa. ... -
Patterns of contact lens prescribing in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)Master of Medical Science in Optometry. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2015. -
Prevalence and distribution of visual impairment, refractive error and their impact on quality of life among school-going children aged 6-18 years in Sekhukhune District (Limpopo), South Africa.
(2020)Background: Refractive error (RE) and visual impairment (VI) remain major problems affecting school going children worldwide and impacting their quality of life. Aim: To determine the prevalence and distribution of RE and ... -
Prevalence and risk factors for Myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria.
(2015)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Prevalence of vision conditions in a South African population of African Dyslexic children.
(2010)Dyslexia is a neurological disorder with genetic origin that affects a person’s word processing ability, their spelling, writing, comprehension and reading, and results in poor academic performance. ... -
Recruitment and retention of optometrists in the public sector of KwaZulu-Natal.
Introduction With Africa sharing just under a quarter of the world’s disease burden, there is a limited and disparate distribution of health workers to meet this challenge. In public sector optometry, the situation is no ...