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High‐ versus low‐density multifocal pupillographic objective perimetry in glaucoma
Author(s) -
Maddess Ted,
Essex Rohan W,
Kolic Maria,
Carle Corinne F,
James Andrew C
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/ceo.12016
Subject(s) - medicine , visual field , glaucoma , ophthalmology , receiver operating characteristic , confidence interval , optical coherence tomography , optometry , audiology
Background Multifocal pupillographic objective perimetry was compared using 24 and 44 regions per visual field. Design Experimental design in a university setting. Participants Twenty‐seven normal control and 36 age‐matched glaucoma patients. Methods The four test variants differed in the mean interval between stimuli: 4, 1 or 0.25 s; and the number of visual field regions tested within the central 60 degrees: 24 or 44. All subjects had their diagnostic status confirmed by optical coherence tomography, two forms of perimetry and slit‐lamp biomicroscopy. Both eyes were measured concurrently in 2.73 ± 0.45 min/eye (mean ± standard deviation), and tests were repeated about 2 weeks apart. Main Outcome Measures The main outcome measures were: (i) mean change in light sensitivity due glaucoma; and (ii) areas under Receiver Operator Characteristic plots for detecting glaucoma. Results For all four variants, consensual responses, female gender and age produced small but significant sensitivity differences, and sensitivity declined with age by ≤−0.27 dB/decade (all P < 0.0003). The best diagnostic accuracy (area under curve 93.2 ± 3.89%) was produced by the one‐presentation/s 44‐region protocol. Across the four protocols, the effect of repeat testing was small (all methods ≤0.15 dB). Conclusions Presentation rate had little effect, but increasing the tested density from 24 to 44 regions/field improved diagnostic power. Given that multifocal pupillographic objective perimetry also provides information on response delay and afferent versus efferent defects at every visual field region, it may be a useful adjunct to perimetry.