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Nationwide consensus on quality indicators to assess glaucoma care: A modified ...
Iorio-Aranha, F; de Freitas, C; Rocha-Sousa, A; Azevedo, A; Barbosa-Breda, JPurpose Performance assessments are essential to tracking and improving quality in health care systems. Key aspects of the care process that act as indicators must be measured in order to gain an in-depth understanding of a care unit's operation. Without standardized quality indicators (QIs), it is difficult to characterize and compare the abilities of institutions to achieve excellence. The aim of this study i...
A Scoping Review of Process Indicators for Measuring Quality of Care in Glaucoma
Iorio-Aranha, F; Peleteiro, B; Rocha-Sousa, A; Azevedo, A; Barbosa-Breda JPrécis: There are no standardized process quality indicators (QIs) in glaucoma care. Although they can be inferred from guidelines and trials, they should be designed and standardized to allow better assessment of the quality of care. Purpose: QIs are crucial for assessing the performance of any health care system. To allow efficiency, effectiveness, and patient-centeredness, there is a need for prompt acquisit...
Predicting participation of people with impaired vision in epidemiological studies
Ramos, PL; Santana, R; Moreno, LH; Marques, AP; Freitas, C; Rocha-Sousa, A; Macedo, AFBACKGROUND: The characteristics of the target group and the design of an epidemiologic study, in particular the recruiting methods, can influence participation. People with vision impairment have unique characteristics because those invited are often elderly and totally or partially dependent on help to complete daily activities such as travelling to study sites. Therefore, participation of people with impaired...
Ghrelin as a novel locally produced relaxing peptide of the iris sphincter and ...
Rocha-Sousa, A; Saraiva, J; Henriques-Coelho, T; Falcão-Reis F; Correia-Pinto, J; Leite-Moreira AFGhrelin is a recently described acylated peptide, which works as a somatosecretagogue and has described effects on the smooth, skeletal and cardiac muscle. We examined the production and effects of ghrelin on relaxation of the iris muscles. Contractile effects of 1-5 human ghrelin (frGhr, 10(-9)-6 x 10(-5)M) and 1-5 human des-octanoyl-ghrelin (d-frGhr; 10(-9)-6 x 10(-5)M) were tested on iris rabbit sphincter (n...
Contractile effects of Ghrelin and expression of its receptor GHS-R1a in normal...
Soares, JB; Rocha-Sousa, A; Castro-Chaves, P; Henriques-Coelho, T; Roncon-Albuquerque R, Jr.; Leite-Moreira, AF