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| Craig A WoodsSummaryAffiliation: University of Waterloo Country: Canada Publications
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A seven year survey of the contact lens prescribing habits of Canadian optometristsCraig A Woods
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Optom Vis Sci 84:505-10. 2007..Little is known about the contact lens prescribing habits of optometrists in North America. The purpose of this survey was to obtain data on the types of lenses and solutions prescribed by Canadian optometrists...- Patient use of smartphones to communicate subjective data in clinical trialsCraig A Woods
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Optom Vis Sci 88:290-4. 2011..This technical note reports on the utility of the BlackBerry smartphone to collect such data and why such a system provides advantages over other methods to report subjective ratings in clinical studies... - Comfort and adaptation to silicone hydrogel lenses for daily wearKathryn A Dumbleton
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Eye Contact Lens 34:215-23. 2008..To investigate initial comfort and adaptation of currently successful low oxygen transmissibility soft lens wearers refitted with silicone hydrogel (SH) lenses for daily wear... - Clinical performance of different care systems with silicone hydrogel contact lensesNancy Keir
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada
Cont Lens Anterior Eye 33:189-95. 2010..To assess the clinical and subjective performance of a one-step hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) lens care system compared to a multi-purpose disinfecting system (MPDS) when used with silicone hydrogel (SiH) lenses... - The relationship between compliance with lens replacement and contact lens-related problems in silicone hydrogel wearersKathryn A Dumbleton
Centre for Contact Lens Research, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Cont Lens Anterior Eye 34:216-22. 2011..To evaluate the relationship between compliance with replacement frequency (RF) and contact lens (CL)-related problems in silicone hydrogel (SiHy) wearers... - Ability of patients to recall habitual contact lens products and enhancement of recall using photographic aidsKathryn A Dumbleton
Centre for Contact Lens Research, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Cont Lens Anterior Eye 34:236-40. 2011..To determine the proportion of soft contact lens (CL) wearers who are able to recall their habitual products (lenses and care system) correctly from memory, and to evaluate the value of using photographic aids (PAs) to improve recall... - Measurement of the refractive index of soft contact lenses during wearJalaiah Varikooty
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Eye Contact Lens 36:2-5. 2010..To determine whether the refractive index (RI) of a soft contact lens can be evaluated using refractometry while the lens remains on the eye and to compare this with more traditional ex vivo RI measurements... - Impact of a rub and rinse on solution-induced corneal stainingRachael C Peterson
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Canada ON N2L 3G1
Optom Vis Sci 87:1030-6. 2010..To investigate whether the inclusion of a rub and rinse step before contact lens disinfection has an impact on solution-induced corneal staining... - The impact of test medium on use of visual analogue scalesCraig A Woods
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Eye Contact Lens 35:6-10. 2009..This study was initiated to compare the data collected using paper- and computer-based (Tablet PC) analog scales to better understand the variability in data provided by a visual analog scale... - Non-invasive collection and examination of human corneal epithelial cellsRachael Claire Peterson
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Optom Vis Sci 88:1317-25. 2011..To report the development of a new apparatus for non-invasive collection of human corneal epithelial cells... - Early symptomatic presbyopes--what correction modality works best?Jill Woods
Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Eye Contact Lens 35:221-6. 2009..To compare the performance of a low-addition silicone hydrogel multifocal soft lens with other soft lens correction options in a group of habitual soft lens wearers of distance correction who are symptomatic of early presbyopia... - Use of silicone hydrogel contact lenses by Australian optometristsCraig A Woods
Clinical Vision Research Australia, Victorian College of Optometry, Australia
Clin Exp Optom 87:19-23. 2004..A comparison with an earlier survey shows there is an increase in continuous wear from 1.6 per cent to 11.7 per cent over a five-year period... - Contact lens prescribing in the Australian states and territories 2001Craig A Woods
Clinical Vision Research Australia, Victorian College of Optometry, 374 Cardigan St, Carlton, Vic, 3053, Australia
Clin Exp Optom 85:279-83. 2002..The impact of soft multifocal lens designs on contact lens prescribing is very small, ranging from 2.6 per cent in Queensland to 4.7 per cent in Victoria, despite 20 per cent of patients being more than 45 years of age... - Working better with GPs: lessons to be learned from a study of health care networks in the management of diabetesCraig A Woods
Clin Exp Optom 89:1-2. 2006 - Investigation of the performance of the Menifocal Z gas-permeable bifocal contact lens during continuous wearCarol Lakkis
Clinical Vision Research Australia, Victorian College of Optometry, University of Melbourne
Optom Vis Sci 82:1022-9. 2005..The hyper Dk tisilfocon A (Menicon Z) material allowed for safe wear of the lenses on a CW basis...