Online survey about keratoconus management by optometrists

Purpose: The aim of the study was to survey keratoconus management by optometrists in India. Methods: A validated online survey questionnaire was circulated to all optometrists from India who had completed 4 years of optometry programs. Practitioners were asked general contact lens practice question...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of ophthalmology 2023-01, Vol.71 (1), p.86-90
Hauptverfasser:	Usgaonkar, Ugam, Chodankar, Suvarna, Shetty, Aksha
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Contact lenses Cornea Corneal Topography - statistics & numerical data Disease management Eye lens Health Care Surveys Health planning Humans Internet Keratoconus Keratoconus - diagnosis Keratoconus - therapy Management Medical personnel Optometrists Original Professional Practice Questionnaires Surveys Topography
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose: The aim of the study was to survey keratoconus management by optometrists in India. Methods: A validated online survey questionnaire was circulated to all optometrists from India who had completed 4 years of optometry programs. Practitioners were asked general contact lens practice questions and keratoconus management-related questions. For analysis, data were imported into SPSS (IBM Corp. 2011). Results: A total of 159 optometrists responded to the questionnaire, of whom 10.7% of practitioners had >10 years of experience and the remaining 89.3% had
ISSN:	0301-4738 1998-3689
DOI:	10.4103/ijo.IJO_525_22