Dr. (Mrs.) Nana Yaa Kwantwiwah Koomson

Senior Lecturer


Research Areas/Interests

Control of myopia, Public Health Optometry, Anterior segment and contact lens research...~more


Publications

    1. Kumah, B.D.,Ebri,A., Abdul-Kabir, M., Ahmed, A.S., Koomson, N.Y., Aikins, S., Aikins, A. Amedo,A., Lartey, S. and Naidoo, K (2013). Refractive error and visual impairment in private school children in Ghana. Optometry Vision Science, 90(12):1456-1461.
    2. Koomson N.Y., Amedo A.O., Owusu E., Kobia-Acquah E., Adjah K.K., Ampeh P.B. and Bonsu K. (2015). Under correction of myopia reduces lag of accommodation in school children in Kumasi, Ghana; International Journal of Health Sciences 5: 137 – 150.
    3. Koomson N.Y, Amedo A.O., Ampeh P.B., Bonsu K. and Opoku- Baah C. (2015). The relationship between reduced lag of accommodation and rate of myopia progression in school children in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 5(2): 130 – 136
    4. Mohammed, A. K., Kumah D.B., Koomson N.Y., and Afari C. (2014). Prevalence of Accommodative Insufficiency and Accommodative Infacility among Junior High School Students in a Ghanaian Town. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp 60-64.
    5. Amedo A. O., Amoah A., Koomson N. Y., Kumah D. B., and Osea E. A. (2016). Assessment of corneal Astigmatism following frown and straight incision forms in sutureless manual small incision forms in small incision cataract surgery. Clinical Optometry, Vol 8: 47-52
    6. Koomson N. Y., Lartey, S. Y., and Adjah, K. K., (2013).  Prevalence of myopia amongst patients with refractive error in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana). Vol 33: 73-80
    7. Koomson, N. Y., Amedo, A. O. Opoku-Baah, C. Ampeh, P. B., Ankamah, E., and Bonsu, K. (2016) Relationship between reduced accommodative lag and myopia progression. Vol 93(7): 683-691
    8. Amedo, A.O., Koomson, N.Y.,Tchiakpe, P. M., Kumah, D. B., Ocansey, and J., Asare-Bediako, B., (2016). Quality of life of cataract patients before and after surgery-Evidence from four rural communities. Mathews Journal of Ophthalmoscopy. Vol 1(1):003
    9. Amedo, A.O., Adade, S., Koomson, N.Y., Appentng Osae, E. (2016).  Influence of Visual Impairment on the quality of life: A survey of patients reporting at the low vision center of the Eastern Regional Hospital of Ghana. Journal of Ophthalmic Science. Vol 1(3)
    10. Amedo, A. O., Koomson, N. Y., Kobia-Acquah, E., Tchiakpe, M. P., Atuahene, J., Akowuah, P. K., Djeagbo, P. T., and Baafi, R. (2019). Comparison of the clinical estimation of cup-to-disc ratio by direct ophthalmoscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography.  Journal of Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology. Vol1:1-7
    11. Koomson, N. Y., Amedo,A. O., Owusu, E., Ampeh, P. B.,Kobia-Acquah, E.,and K. Bonsu (2014). Undercorrection Induces Peripheral Myopic Defocus in School Children in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies. Vol. 9: pp. 1598-1608
    12. Koomson, N.Y.,  Adaboh H., Nkansah E. K.,  Amponsah J. K.,  Larbi D,  Odotei., S. O.(2019). Accessibility and Barriers to Uptake of Ophthalmic Services among Rural Communities in the Upper Denkyira West District, Ghana. Vol-2(1) pp. 24-34
    13. Kobia-Acquah Emmanuel, Akowuah Prince Kwaku, Antwi-Adjei Konadu Ellen, Mensah Forkuo Philip, Koomson Nana Yaa, Odotei Odoi Samuel, Alabi Emmanuel, Donkor, Richard. (2019). Contact lens complications among wearers in Ghana. Journal of Contact lens and Anterior Eye. Pp. 1-5

    Google Scholar “H” Index = 4 with 80 citations, available at htpps://scholar google.com/citations?user= MLHCNJEAAAJ&hl=en

    Publication in Review

    Koomson, N. Y., Kobia-Acquah, E., Abdul-Kabir, M. Kwaw, R., Arkhurst, E. Relationship between Perental Myopia, Peripheral refraction and Axial length of Young adult myopes. Submitted to Journal of Optometry


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