简介：AIM:Tofindasimplemathematicalcorrelationbetweenthelensbasecurve(BC)andkeratometryfindings(krf).METHODS:Thisretrospectivestudyincluded400keratoconiceyes(350patients)previouslyfitwithrigidcontactlensesatanacademiceyecenteroverafiveyearperiod.Thepatientswereclassifiedintofivegroupsbasedonthekeratometryfindings(krf<7,krf:7-8,krf>8,krf-krs(differencebetweentwokeratometry;flatandsteep)=0.3-0.6,krf-krs>0.6mmasgroups1to5,respectively.MultivariatelinearregressionandMunro’scorrelationcoefficientwereemployedtodefertheformulas.RESULTS:Alinearcorrelationcouldbefoundinallgroupsexceptforpatientsingroup3.Forgroup1,BC=0.211×krf+5.904.Forgroup2,BC=0.456×krf+4.160.Forgroup4,BC=0.321×krf+5.219.Forgroup5,BC=0.337×krf+5.090.CONCLUSION:ThedevelopmentofnewformulasforRGPfittingenablesophthalmologiststoworkwithconfidenceandpreventsunnecessaryandfrequentlenstrials.Thecustomarylensfittingmethodsareneededtobereplacedbynewformulas,whichhelptosavetimeandcosts.

简介：对于原发性开角型青光眼（POAG），治疗的基本原则是通过药物、手术或激光等方式降低眼压，但是患者的日常生活习惯对治疗后眼压的控制、病情的缓解有着不可忽视的影响。日常生活中影响眼压和POAG病情发展的相关因素主要有饮酒、吸烟、运动、肥胖和饮用咖啡、茶等。本文主要就流行病学调查方面研究结果，进行了分析总结，提出在日常生活方面的注意事项，给眼科医生提供相关信息，给患者提供生活指导。

简介：AIM:Toadaptthelowvision-relatedqualityoflife(LVQOL)instrumentintoTurkishlanguageandtoassessitsvalidityandreliability.METHODS:Thestudywasconductedin387patientsattendingtheCentreofLowVisionRehabilitation,FacultyofMedicine,AnkaraUniversity.Forstatisticalanalyses,theSpearman’scorrelationcoefficient,Cronbach’salphacoefficientandConfirmatoryFactorAnalysis(CFA)wereused.RESULTS:AccordingtoresultsofCFA,theiteminthe'Adjustment'subscalebecauseofhavingthefactorloadingbelow0.40,wasexcludedfromthequestionnaire.ThereliabilityofthequestionnairewasassessedaccordingtoCronbach’salphacoefficients.Thereliabilityofthe'DistanceVision,Mobility,andLighting'subscalewas?琢=0.863;ofthe'Adjustment'subscalewas?琢=0.694;'ReadingandFineWork'was?琢=0.791,and'ActivitiesofDailyLiving'was?琢=0.770.Sotheseresultsindicatethatthequestionnaireisreliabletomeasurethevisionrelatedqualityoflifeoflow-visionpatients.Thecorrelationsbetweenthesubscaleswerealsoanalyzed,andthecorrelationbetween'Adjustment'and'ReadingandFineWork'wasfoundtobethelowest(rs=0.336,P<0.001),whereasthestrongestcorrelationwasfoundbetweenthe'ReadingandFineWork',and'ActivitiesofDailyLiving'.Additionally,the'Adjustment'dimensionshowedthestrongestcorrelationwithonly'DistanceVision,Mobility,andLighting'dimension.CONCLUSION:Afterremovingthelastitemintheseconddimension,theTurkishadaptationofalldimensionsoftheLVQOLhasbeenshowntobereliable,validandsuitableforuseinpatientswithlowvisioninTurkey.