ABSTRACT This study aimed to explore the relationship between doctors and renowned artists with chronic ocular diseases, emphasizing how these conditions have affected their visual perception and artistic expression. The study conducted a narrative review of 24 articles and books, with 15 selected as particularly relevant, analyzing the adaptations made by artists like Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, and Leonardo da Vinci in response to their visual impairments. The study found that Monet’s cataracts led him to use […]

ABSTRACT Objective: Compare, through structured questionnaires, the knowledge about disease, management of eye drops and adherence to treatment of glaucoma patients disposed in two groups according to educational levels and socioeconomic levels. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out applying structured questionnaires based on an exploratory study to assess the level of Glaucoma patients’ knowledge relationated with the disease in two different audiences: the single health system (SUS) and private health plans. The questionnaires were used by doctors residents […]

Purpose: To investigate the patients’ perspectives regarding the introduction of the electronic medical record into use in an ophthalmologic hospital and its impact on the doctor/patient relationship. Methods: The cross-sectional study analyzed the impact of the electronic medical record on the doctor-patient relationship based on the patients’ opinions after electronic medical record implementation compared with use of traditional paper records. The same doctor attended all patients and completed questionnaires during patient interviews that analyzed empathy, punctuality, efficiency, information clarity, doctor […]