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Assessment of risk factors of age macular degeneration in general population with STARS 2.0 questionnaire
Author(s) -
CREUZOTGARCHER C,
CHIAMBARETTA F,
COHEN SY,
KOROBELNIK J,
SOUIED E,
WEBER M,
DELCOURT C
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.f066.x
Subject(s) - medicine , macular degeneration , fundus (uterus) , blindness , population , ophthalmology , eye examination , optometry , visual acuity , environmental health
Purpose Age‐related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment in industrialized countries.STARS questionnaire was developed as a fast and simple tool for detecting individuals at high risk of AMD. A study performed with first version included more than 12,000 people and confirmed the relevance of different items. Some limits were also noticed and corrected in the present questionnaire named STARS 2.0. Methods All patients over 55 years examined by eighty French ophthalmologists were included during one week selected at clinicien disctretion between March 2013 and March 2014. AMD risks factors were collected with a statistical weight assigned to each risk factors. A composite score given by the sum of each risk factors was calculated. Fundus examination to detect macular disease was performed in the same time. Results 6837 Patients with 60% of female were included. 31%, 29.6%, 29.6% and 9.9% of the patients were respectively between [55 and 65] ,[65 and 74], [75 and 85], and over 85. Fundus exam found that 71% of the patient did not suffer from AMD on both sides while 10.3% of the patients presented with an advanced AMD on at least one eye. Conclusion STARS 2.0 questionnaire can help ophthalmologists to identify AMD risk factors to prevent AMD in clinical practice. It should be used also in general population to detect patients at high risk for AMD.Commercial interest