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Glaucoma - Psychology
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Definition of 'Glaucoma'An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Driving cessation and driving limitation in glaucoma: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project.
7 Jul 2009 
OBJECTIVE: To determine if glaucoma is associated with driving limitation or cessation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis within a longitudinal, population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS AND CONTROLS: One thousand one hundred thirty-five ... Read more...
The effect of personality on measures of quality of life related to vision in glaucoma patients.
19 Nov 2008 AIM: To determine the effect of personality on vision-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS: Based on power calculations, 148 individuals diagnosed as having glaucoma or ocular hypertension, without ocular comorbidity, were ... Read more...
29 Sep 2008 This study was carried out to determine the level of correct knowledge about glaucoma and attitudes towards blindness prevention and treatment, and how these factors influence self care practices among teaching hospital workers. A random sample of ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Glaucoma - Psychology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Driving cessation and driving limitation in glaucoma: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project. 7 Jul 2009
- Literacy and informed consent: a case for literacy screening in glaucoma research.
29 Apr 2009 - Assessing the impact of glaucoma using the VF-14. 27 Feb 2009
- Glaucoma care: the patients' perspective. What do patients want? 29 Nov 2008
- The effect of personality on measures of quality of life related to vision in glaucoma patients. 19 Nov 2008
- Knowledge, attitudes, and self care practices associated with glaucoma among hospital workers in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. 29 Sep 2008
- [The physician-patient relationship in glaucoma]
29 Jun 2008 - How good are we at advising appropriate patients with glaucoma to inform the DVLA? A closed audit loop. 29 Jun 2008
- Improving eye drop treatment for glaucoma through better adherence. 30 May 2008
- Assessment of contrast gain signature in inferred magnocellular and parvocellular pathways in patients with glaucoma. 21 May 2008
- Research into glaucoma and ethnicity (ReGAE) 4: trabeculectomy for advanced glaucoma: the surgical journey of African-Caribbean patients. 16 Jan 2008
- The impact of anchor point on utilities for 5 common ophthalmic diseases. 10 Sep 2007
- Persistency rates for prostaglandin and other hypotensive eyedrops: population-based study using pharmacy claims data. 30 Aug 2007
- Measurement of health-related quality of life with glaucoma: validation of the Glau-QoL 36-item questionnaire. 26 Aug 2007
- Open angle glaucoma effects on preattentive visual search efficiency for flicker, motion displacement and orientation pop-out tasks. 14 Aug 2007
- Developing a preference-based Glaucoma Utility Index using a discrete choice experiment. 30 Jul 2007
- Vision-related quality of life in patients with diabetic macular oedema. 19 Jun 2007
- [Increasing compliance in glaucoma patients through education ] 29 Apr 2007
- The patient's journey: glaucoma. 5 Oct 2006
- ReGAE 2: glaucoma awareness and the primary eye-care service: some perceptions among African Caribbeans in Birmingham UK. 9 Aug 2006
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Technical information about 'Glaucoma'
Definition: An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Descriptor UI: D005901
Alternative terms: Glaucoma; Glaucomas;
Related Mesh Headings: Sclerostomy; Trabeculectomy; Filtering Surgery;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C11.525.381;
Technical Notes: pathol increase in intraocular pressure: differentiate from OCULAR HYPERTENSION ("intraocular pressure above normal & which may lead to glaucoma"); /surg: consider also FILTERING SURGERY or SCLEROSTOMY or TRABECULECTOMY