Awareness of blindness and other smoking-related diseases and its impact on motivation for smoking cessation in eye patients

Handa, Swati; Woo, Jyh Haur; Wagle, Ajeet M.; Htoon, H. M.; Eong, Kah Guan Au

doi:10.1038/eye.2011.143

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“…Handa et al looked at patients attending an Eye Clinic where less than half of the patients were aware that smoking is linked with blindness. 1 This was previously shown to a similar extent in other studies. [2][3][4][5] Our study looked at eye disease in general rather than blindness, and differed from previous studies as it targeted a different patient group: a Smoking Cessation Clinic rather than an Eye Clinic.…”

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Are Patients Attending the Smoking Cessation Clinic Aware of the Association Between Eye Disease and Smoking?

Cornish¹,

Birse²,

Pyott³

2013

Seminars in Ophthalmology

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It is well established that smoking is related to cardiovascular, respiratory, ophthalmological, and other diseases. Over the years, anti-smoking campaigns have concentrated on heart and lung disease and overall mortality to motivate smokers to stop smoking. The aim of our questionnaire study is to assess the motivation for attending a smoking cessation clinic in a local district hospital in the Highlands, and the level of awareness of the association between smoking and eye disease.

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Are Patients Attending the Smoking Cessation Clinic Aware of the Association Between Eye Disease and Smoking?

Cornish¹,

Birse²,

Pyott³

2013

Seminars in Ophthalmology

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“…The main source of non-occupational cadmium exposure is tobacco smoking and food (Satarug et al, 2010; Satarug and Moore, 2004). Although the evidence is sufficient, the public awareness of smoking-related ocular risks is relatively low compared with other diseases (Bidwell et al, 2005; Handa et al, 2011; Ng et al, 2010); education of such knowledge could help tobacco control (Asfar et al, 2015). Previous studies reported that the “smoking causes blindness” label on cigarette packages used in Australian anti-smoking campaign did increase the smoker’s awareness of risk of blindness, and prompt them to quit smoking (Kennedy et al, 2012; Li et al, 2012).…”

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Cadmium and lead exposure and risk of cataract surgery in U.S. adults

Wang

Schaumberg

Park

2016

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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Cataract is a major cause of visual dysfunction and the leading cause of blindness. Elevated levels of cadmium and lead have been found in the lenses of cataract patients, suggesting these metals may play a role in cataract risk. This study aimed to examine the associations of blood lead, blood cadmium and urinary cadmium with cataract risk. We identified 9,763 individuals aged 50 years and older with blood lead and cadmium levels, and a randomly selected subgroup of 3,175 individuals with available urinary cadmium levels, from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) from 1999 to 2008 (mean age=63 years). Participants were considered to have cataract if they self-reported prior cataract surgery in NHANES’s vision examination. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed using survey logistic regression models. We identified 1737 cataract surgery cases (the weighted prevalence=14.1%). With adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, gender, education, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, cigarette smoking (serum cotinine and pack-years) and urine hydration, every 2-fold increase in urinary cadmium was associated with a 23% higher risk of cataract surgery (OR=1.23, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.46, p =0.021). We found no associations of cataract surgery with blood cadmium (OR=0.97, 95% CI: 0.89, 1.07) and blood lead (OR=0.97, 95% CI: 0.88, 1.06). Mediation analysis showed that for the smoking-cadmium-cataract pathway, the ratio of smoking’s indirect effect to the total effect through cadmium was more than 50%. These results suggest that cumulative cadmium exposure may be an important under-recognized risk factor for cataract. However, these findings should be interpreted with a caution because of inconsistent results between urinary cadmium and blood cadmium.

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“…For example, a study reported that blindness evoked the same fear as, or more fear than, lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke, and a large number of smokers would be highly motivated to quit smoking if they knew they would develop early signs of blindness. 83 …”

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Improving patient outcomes: role of the primary care optometrist in the early diagnosis and management of age-related macular degeneration

Лю¹,

Swanson²

2013

OPTO

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Not long ago, the management of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was confined to rehabilitating whatever vision had not been damaged by the disease. The recent successes of the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents and the antioxidant clinical trials have revolutionized AMD treatment. For the first time, there is realistic hope that the progression of AMD can be slowed down or stopped and near normal vision can be preserved. Developments in new vision tests, imaging modalities, and genetic testing have greatly improved the chance of detecting the onset of AMD and choroidal neovascularization. However, because the current treatments still cannot revive degenerated retinal cells, the best patient outcome that can be achieved is early detection of the disease and application of the appropriate treatment before too much retinal damage has occurred. The opportunities and challenges offered by the new treatment options and disease detection methods have redefined the role of primary care optometrists in AMD management. This review of literature and practice guidelines demonstrates that, in addition to the traditional roles of refraction and visual rehabilitation, the unique position of optometrists as the first-line eye-care providers has allowed them to play an important role in the early detection of AMD, patient education, lifestyle-change counseling, disease monitoring and referral, and nutrition supplement counseling. The active participation of primary care optometrists in the shared care of AMD management is likely to result in great improvement in patient outcomes. Optometrists also need to improve their competence in these areas to meet the new challenges. Although primary care optometrists have always managed patients with AMD, their role in managing this sight-threatening disease has not been adequately documented. In light of the recent game-changing developments in AMD treatment, it is important to review what primary care optometrists are doing, what they can do, and what they should do to improve patient outcomes in the new era of AMD management. Keywords: detection, patient education, lifestyle-change counseling, disease monitoring, disease referral, nutrition supplement counseling Age-related macular degenerationAge-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an acquired degenerative disease of the macular area of the retina that, in its final stage, can cause severe visual impairment. AMD affects mainly older people and its prevalence increases with age. The prevalence of any AMD and late AMD (geographic atrophy [GA] or choroidal neovascularization [CNV]) in persons aged 40 years and older is between 5.2% and 14.3%, and between 0.3% and 2.6%, respectively, depending on race and ethnicity.1 AMD results in centrally located scotomas; reduced visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, color vision, and depth perception; and poor control of eye movements. AMD is one of the leading causes of severe visual impairment in Dovepress submit your manuscript | www.dovepress.com

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Awareness of blindness and other smoking-related diseases and its impact on motivation for smoking cessation in eye patients

Cited by 26 publications

References 17 publications

Are Patients Attending the Smoking Cessation Clinic Aware of the Association Between Eye Disease and Smoking?

Are Patients Attending the Smoking Cessation Clinic Aware of the Association Between Eye Disease and Smoking?

Cadmium and lead exposure and risk of cataract surgery in U.S. adults

Improving patient outcomes: role of the primary care optometrist in the early diagnosis and management of age-related macular degeneration

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