Red and green defocus curves and duochrome test in different age groups.

Autor:	Rolandi R; Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Research Centre in Optics and Optometry (COMiB), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Zeri F; Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Research Centre in Optics and Optometry (COMiB), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: fabrizio.zeri@unimib.it., Duse A; Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Research Centre in Optics and Optometry (COMiB), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Rizzo GC; Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Research Centre in Optics and Optometry (COMiB), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Ponzini E; Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Research Centre in Optics and Optometry (COMiB), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Tavazzi S; Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Research Centre in Optics and Optometry (COMiB), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of optometry [J Optom] 2024 Jul-Sep; Vol. 17 (3), pp. 100497. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 20.
DOI:	10.1016/j.optom.2023.100497
Abstrakt:	Purpose: To compare the eye defocus curves (DCs) obtained with stimuli on red, green, and white backgrounds and to investigate the applicability of the duochrome test (DT) in different age groups. Methods: 12 elderly (ELD: 59.3 ± 3.9 years) and 8 young (YG: 22.1 ± 1.1 years) subjects were recruited. An optometric assessment with the DT was carried out to obtain the subjective refraction at distance. DCs at distance on green, white, and red backgrounds were measured and the following parameters were deduced: dioptric difference between red-green, green-white, red-white focal positions (minima of the DCs), best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and widths of the DCs for red, green, and white. Results: The DC difference between the green-white focal positions (mean ± standard deviation) was -0.12±0.17 diopters (D) (ELD, p= 0.012) and -0.11±0.12 D (YG, p= 0.039), while the red-white difference was not statistically significant. The DC red-green difference was 0.20±0.16 D (ELD, p= 0.002) and 0.18±0.18 D (YG, p = 0.008). The ELD BCVA with green background was significantly worse than BCVA with red (p = 0.007) and white (p = 0.007). The mean value of the DC's width in ELD for green (1.01±0.36 D) was higher than for red (0.77±0.21 D) and for white (0.84±0.35 D), but with no statistical significance. Conclusion: Both age groups showed a slight focusing preference for red when using white light. Moreover, ELD showed a worse BCVA with a green compared to a red background. Despite these results deduced by DC analyses, these aspects do not compromise the possibility of using the DT in clinical practice both in the young and in the elderly. Furthermore, the difference of about 0.20 D between red-green DC in both groups confirms the clinical appropriateness of the widespread use of 0.25 D step as the standard minimum difference in power between correcting lenses. Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest None. (Copyright © 2023 Spanish General Council of Optometry. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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