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A survey of the criteria for prescribing in cases of borderline refractive errors.
Shneor, Einat; Evans, Bruce John William; Fine, Yael; Shapira, Yehudit; Gantz, Liat; Gordon-Shaag, Ariela.
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  • Shneor E; Department of Optometry, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address: eshneor@hotmail.com.
  • Evans BJ; Institute of Optometry, London, United Kingdom; City University London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Fine Y; Department of Optometry, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Shapira Y; Department of Optometry, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Gantz L; Department of Optometry, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Gordon-Shaag A; Department of Optometry, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel.
J Optom ; 9(1): 22-31, 2016.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26520884
PURPOSE: This research investigated the reported optometric prescribing criteria of Israeli optometrists. METHODS: An online questionnaire based on previous studies was distributed via email and social networking sites to optometrists in Israel. The questionnaire surveyed the level of refractive error at which respondents would prescribe for different types of refractive error at various ages with and without symptoms. RESULTS: 124 responses were obtained, yielding a response rate of approximately 12-22%, 92% of whom had trained in Israel. For all refractive errors, the presence of symptoms strongly influenced prescribing criteria. For example, for 10-20 year old patients the degree of hyperopia for which 50% of practitioners would prescribe is +0.75 D in the presence of symptoms but twice this value (+1.50 D) in the absence of symptoms. As might be expected, optometrists prescribed at lower degrees of hyperopia for older compared with younger patients. There was a trend for more experienced practitioners to be less likely to prescribe for lower degrees of myopia and presbyopia. Practitioner gender, country of training, the type of practice environment, and financial incentives were not strongly related to prescribing criteria. CONCLUSIONS: The prescribing criteria found in this study are broadly comparable with those in previous studies and with published prescribing guidelines. Subtle indications suggest that optometrists may become more conservative in their prescribing criteria with experience.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Errores de Refracción / Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina / Lentes de Contacto / Anteojos / Prescripciones Tipo de estudio: Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Optom Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: España
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Errores de Refracción / Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina / Lentes de Contacto / Anteojos / Prescripciones Tipo de estudio: Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Optom Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: España