Letter contrast sensitivity changes in early diabetic retinopathy
| Autor: | Eftyhia P. Stavrou, Joanne M. Wood |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Blood Glucose medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures media_common.quotation_subject Visual Acuity Macular oedema Type 2 diabetes Macular Edema Contrast Sensitivity Ophthalmology Medicine Contrast (vision) Humans Screening tool media_common Aged Aged 80 and over Diabetic Retinopathy business.industry Vision Tests Diabetic retinopathy Middle Aged medicine.disease Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 medicine.symptom business Optometry Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | Clinicalexperimental optometry. 86(3) |
| ISSN: | 0816-4622 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: To investigate the discriminative ability of letter contrast sensitivity (CS) and visual acuity (VA) in detecting functional losses in participants with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: LogMAR VA and letter CS were measured on 20 type 2 diabetic and 24 age-matched control participants. The diabetic participants were sub-grouped according to the level of retinopathy present. RESULTS: Letter CS was able to distinguish those participants with and without macular oedema and those with no or minimal diabetic retinopathy from the control group, whereas VA was not. CONCLUSION: Letter CS may be used as an effective screening tool to assess damage to the visual pathway of diabetic participants both with and without clinically detectable signs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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